Alexander Tenney

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Charge:	Breaking and entering
Sentence:	18 months
Years Imprisoned:	1.25
Year Crime:	1883
Year Convicted:	1883
Year Cleared:	1884
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Suffolk
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Alexander Tenney was wrongly convicted in May 1883 of breaking and entering in Suffolk County, Massachusetts in 1883. After his conviction Tenney was sentenced to 18 months in prison. During a pardon board hearing the officer who arrested Downey testified that he was so completely intoxicated that he had no reasonable comprehension of his conduct, and he had never been in legal trouble before. Tenney's intoxicated state prevented him from having criminal intent. On August 13, 1884 Alexander Tenney was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the recommendation of the Pardon Board."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On August 13, 1884 Alexander Tenney was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the recommendation of the Pardon Board."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the year 1885, Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1885, p. 963."
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Alexander Tenney

Charge:

Breaking and entering

Sentence:

18 months

Years Imprisoned:

1.25

Year Crime:

1883

Year Convicted:

1883

Year Cleared:

1884

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Suffolk

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

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Innocence Proved By:

"On August 13, 1884 Alexander Tenney was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the recommendation of the Pardon Board."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the year 1885, Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1885, p. 963."

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