Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; March 24, 1876

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Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; March 24, 1876

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Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933 Baird, A. P.Brown, George F.Clifton, Olvier Dabney, Mary Falconer, Kinloch Harper, George W.Hebron, John L Lea, L.Mallary, W. H.Mitchell, T. J.Norman, William Rhodes, Travis

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Crime Crime--Larceny Crime--Theft Criminal Procedure Criminal Procedure--Arraignment Criminal Procedure--Charges and specifications (Civil and Criminal)Criminal Procedure--Clemency Criminal Procedure--Convicted Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment Criminal Procedure--Indictments Criminal Procedure--Pardon Criminal Procedure--Trial

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Courts and Judicial Systems Courts and Judicial Systems--Circuit Courts Mississippi--Executive Department Mississippi--Judicial Districts Mississippi--Judicial Districts. 15th District Mississippi--State Penitentiary (Jackson)

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Mississippi--Hinds County Mississippi--Hinds County. Jackson Mississippi--Leflore County Mississippi--Sunflower County Mississippi--Warren County. Vicksburg

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To His Excellency Adelbert Ames
Gov State of Mississippi

Your petitioners would respectfully represent to your Excellency that at a term of the Circuit Court of Hinds County Misissippi, held November 1873, A. P. Baird was arraigned upon an indictment, Charging him with Grand Larceny, tried and convicted to the State Pen-itentiary for the term of three Years -- that he has served ~~his time~~ since that time in said Penitentiary. That prior to ~~his~~ the charge as aforesaid he was a good citizen, and are against whom no offence against the law had been charged, said in consideration of this fact, and the further fact that his time of service will have expired in Nov 1876, ^your petitioners^ ~~res~~ ask and urge upon your Excellency, the exercise of the executive pardon & clemency in his behalf, and your petitioners will ever pray & c

W H Mallary Rept Leflore & Sunflower

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Signed upon representatives of W. H. Mallory

Mary Dabney [?].
John L Hebron Representative Warren co
Geo. W. Harper, of Hinds county
Oliver Clifton.

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Vicksb. March 24. 1876

His Excellency the Gov

Dear Sir

I cannot call to mind the case of Mr Baird referred to in the foregoing petition and hence can make no recom-mendation in the matter.

Geo. F. Brown
Judge 15 Jud—Dist.
Miss.

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To. Col. Norman—Supt S Prin—

I hereby certify that I have carefully examined A P. Baird a convict & believe his lungs to be seriously diseased from the effects of Tuber-culosis & think confinement very prejudicial to his health --

T. J. Mitchell
Physician S P

Jan 1. 1875

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Superintendent's Office
Mississippi Penitentiary

March 14^th 1876

The conduct of the within named prisoner sinch his reception here and during my term of office has been excellent A Certificate of the prison Physician given Jany 1^st 1875 is herewith attached

W^m Norman
Supt

Refer to Judge & Dist Atty. for remarks

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Vicksburg, June 2. 1876.

Kinloch Falconer Esq
Jackson, Miss.

Dear Sir,

Your letter of 30 Inst. enclosing petition for pardon of A. P. Baird, has been received.

Baird was convicted of horse Stealing, & was doubtless guilty. I cannot say there were any mitigating circumstances in the case except that he was perhaps inveigled into crime by older & worse men than himself.

I am informed that his conduct during his im-prisonment has been remarkably good, & that his family are in very indigent circumstances. These considerations, in connection with the fact that he has been confined more than two thirds of the term for which he was sentenced, & that his health is likely to be permanently injured by his further confinement, would, in my judgment, well jus—

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tify the Governor in granting him a pardon.

Very respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.

L. Lea.

P. S. The petition is herewith returned.

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Name A. P. Baird.
No. "17," 1876

EXECUTIVE OFFICE]
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
Hinds County.

PETITION FOR PARDON.
From W. H. Mallory, & others.
Address [gap]
Dated [gap]
Received May 19, 1876.

This is an old Petition, and was handed in by Judge Brown,

Crime Grand Larceny.
Sentence 3 yrs. in Penitentiary.
Referred to Judge and District Attorney, [gap]
Returned to Ex. O [gap]
Indorsement [gap]
Granted June 7th, 1876,
(3 Inclosures)

ADELBERT AMES,
Governor.

TRAVIS RHODES,
Private Secretary.

Pardon S

May 26.