Legal Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis; September 21, 1874

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Legal Document from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis; September 21, 1874

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Cullen, C.Davis, A. K. (Alexander Kelso), -1884 Hill, James, 1846-1903 Jarvis, Levi Jones, T. W.Langston, Jasper Turner, Rus Wiley, Dud Wiley, Pete

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Conventions Conventions--Mississippi. Constitutional Convention (1868)Crime Crime--Retailing without a license Criminal Procedure Criminal Procedure--Bail Criminal Procedure--Convicted Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment Criminal Procedure--Indictments Criminal Procedure--Pardon Criminal Procedure--Release Criminal Procedure--Sentencing Intoxicated

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Courts and Judicial Systems Courts and Judicial Systems--Circuit Courts Mississippi--Department of State Mississippi--Executive Department

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Mississippi--Hinds County. Jackson Mississippi--Union County

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Executive Office,
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI.

To the Sheriff of Union County,

Greeting:

Whereas, at the November Term, 1873, of the Circuit Court of Union County, in said State, ^Jasper Langston—Levi Jarvis—T. W. Jones^C. Cullens ^an_d Pete Wiley, was ~~convicted of~~^indicted for^ the crime of Unlawfully selling Liquor to ^"Dud Wiley"—Indictment No 155^"Rus Turner—,, ,, No 156} ^persons in the habit of getting intoxicated^, and by the Court ~~sentenced to~~ held in bail to answer, [gap]

Now, Therefore, I, A. K. Davis Lt Gov Actg, Governor of the State of Mississippi, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of said State, and for divers good and sufficient reasons, me, thereto moving, do grant unto the said ^Jasper Langston—Levi Jarvis—T. W. Jones—^C. Cullens ^an_d Pete Wiley a full pardon for said crime of Unlawfully Selling Liquor to ^Dud Wiley^Rus Turner} and do authorize and direct you, on receipt of these presents, to release th^e^m from confinement.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Mississippi to be affixed this 21^st,, day of September 1874.

[seal] THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI [/seal]

A K Davis

BY THE^Lieut Gov Actg^ GOVERNOR:

Jam^es. Hill
SECRETARY OF STATE.

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Pardon of Jasper Langston Levi Jarvis—T. W. Jones, C. Cullins ^an_d Pete Wiley—

Indicted in Union County for Unlawfully selling Liquor to parties who were in the habit of getting intoxicated

Granted Sep^t 21^st,, 74

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