Percy B. Sullivan

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Charge:	Counterfeiting (Inclds. Possession of counterfeit bills)
Sentence:	4 years
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	1896
Year Convicted:	1896
Year Cleared:	1898
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Indiana - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Vigo
City of Crime:	Terre Haute
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Percy B. Sullivan was wrongly convicted on December 8, 1896 of counterfeiting in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, Indiana. Percy Sullivan was sentenced to four years in prison."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error
Innocence Proved By:	Actual culprit discovered
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Convicting the Innocent - Sixty-Five Actual Errors of Criminal Justice, by Edwin Borchard, Yale Univ Press, 1932"
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Percy B. Sullivan

Charge:

Counterfeiting (Inclds. Possession of counterfeit bills)

Sentence:

4 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

1896

Year Convicted:

1896

Year Cleared:

1898

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Indiana - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Vigo

City of Crime:

Terre Haute

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Percy B. Sullivan was wrongly convicted on December 8, 1896 of counterfeiting in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, Indiana. Percy Sullivan was sentenced to four years in prison."

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error

Innocence Proved By:

Actual culprit discovered

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Convicting the Innocent - Sixty-Five Actual Errors of Criminal Justice, by Edwin Borchard, Yale Univ Press, 1932"

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