Maurice Swanson

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Charge:	Bank Robbery (incld. Armed)
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Year Cleared:	1975
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	Scotland
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	Maurice Swanson was wrongly convicted of bank robbery. Swanson was granted the first Royal Pardon to be granted in Scotland when he was pardoned by Queen Elizabeth in 1975. Swanson's conviction was later quashed.
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Innocence Proved By:	Swanson was granted a Royal Pardon by Queen Elizabeth in 1975.
Defendant Aided By:	"Scottish solicitor Joe Beltrami. Beltrami also helped secure a Royal Pardon for Paddy Meehan, who was released after serving seven years for a murder he did not commit."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Beltram Judges His 50 Trying Years, William Tinning, The Herald, Glaskow, Scotland, December 27, 2005."
Information Location 1:	http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/53219.html
Information Source 2:	"Scots legal legend Joe Beltrami dies at 83, By Dean Herbert (Staff writer), The Daily Express (London, England), February 24, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/560285/Scotland-s-famous-criminal-defence-lawyers-Joe-Beltrami-has-died
Information Source 3:	"Legendary Scottish solicitor dies, By Gazette reporter, The Law Society Gazette, February 24, 2015"
Information Location 3:	http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/legendary-scottish-solicitor-dies/5047026.fullarticle
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Maurice Swanson

Charge:

Bank Robbery (incld. Armed)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

1975

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

Scotland

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Maurice Swanson was wrongly convicted of bank robbery. Swanson was granted the first Royal Pardon to be granted in Scotland when he was pardoned by Queen Elizabeth in 1975. Swanson's conviction was later quashed.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Swanson was granted a Royal Pardon by Queen Elizabeth in 1975.

Defendant Aided By:

"Scottish solicitor Joe Beltrami. Beltrami also helped secure a Royal Pardon for Paddy Meehan, who was released after serving seven years for a murder he did not commit."

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Beltram Judges His 50 Trying Years, William Tinning, The Herald, Glaskow, Scotland, December 27, 2005."

Information Location 1:

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/53219.html

Information Source 2:

"Scots legal legend Joe Beltrami dies at 83, By Dean Herbert (Staff writer), The Daily Express (London, England), February 24, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/560285/Scotland-s-famous-criminal-defence-lawyers-Joe-Beltrami-has-died

Information Source 3:

"Legendary Scottish solicitor dies, By Gazette reporter, The Law Society Gazette, February 24, 2015"

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http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/legendary-scottish-solicitor-dies/5047026.fullarticle

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