Wong Hsiao Wong

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	"2 years and $2,000 fine"
Years Imprisoned:	0.5
Year Crime:	1920
Year Convicted:	1920
Year Cleared:	1921
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Philippines
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City of Crime:	Manila
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wong Hsiao Wong was wrongly convicted in 1920 of smuggling opium into the Philippines from China. Wong was a Lieutenant-Commander in the Chinese Navy. He had travelled to the Philippines to study aviation. The opium was found in his baggage. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment and fined $2,000. It was discovered after his conviction that smugglers had placed the opium in his baggage. On February 20, 1921 the Philippine Supreme Court overturned Wong's conviction based on the new evidence of his innocence and he was released from prison. The Supreme Court stated in their ruling tht Wong was the innocent victim of an "ingenuous plot concocted by experienced smugglers who placed opium in his baggage.""
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Innocence Proved By:	"On February 20, 1921 the Philippine Supreme Court overturned Wong's conviction based on the new evidence of his innocence and he was released from prison."
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Information Source 1:	"Chinese Officer Cleared: Philippine Court Says Commander Is Smuggling Plot Victim, The Morning Oregonian (Portland, OR), February 21, 1921, p. 3"
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Wong Hsiao Wong

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

"2 years and $2,000 fine"

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

1920

Year Convicted:

1920

Year Cleared:

1921

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Philippines

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Manila

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

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Innocence Proved By:

"On February 20, 1921 the Philippine Supreme Court overturned Wong's conviction based on the new evidence of his innocence and he was released from prison."

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Male

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"Chinese Officer Cleared: Philippine Court Says Commander Is Smuggling Plot Victim, The Morning Oregonian (Portland, OR), February 21, 1921, p. 3"

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