Executive clemencey letter from A.B. Moore to Montgomery Sheriff, officers, and magistrates of the state; January 1860

Item

Identifier

Q135710_Q135711

Title

Executive clemencey letter from A.B. Moore to Montgomery Sheriff, officers, and magistrates of the state; January 1860

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Type

text

Creator

Multiple creators

Date

1860 January

Description

From the Alabama Department of Archives and History Governor A. B. Moore Collection. An Executive Clemency letter from Governor Andrew B. Moore requesting executive clemency for Granville to the Montegomery Sheriff department.

Format

Executive Clemency Letter

Language

English

Place

Montgomery County (Ala.)

Publisher

Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)

Contributor

Kate Wilson

Relation

Q135724_Q135726

transcription

A. B. Moore
Montgomery
January ^1860^
Montgomery, Granville a Slave, the property of D. H. Benjamin + Co. was tried and convicted of the murder of John a Slave, and Sentenced to be hung on the day of March next

Granville
A. B. Moore commute the sentence of death pronounced against the said Granville a Slave, to that of branding and whipping, and instead of hanging him the Sheriff Montgomery County is required to brand him in the left hand with the letter “M” and inflict one hundred lashes upon the na-ked back of said Slave. This commutation is granted whou the conviction that the owner of said Slave promises and agrees to take him out of the State of Alabama northern thirty days and the Sheriff is directed to keep him in custody until his owner is ready to take him away, [roho?] must pay to the jailor his fees for keeping said slave.
28 Feb
60
84

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Granville a slave sentence of death commuted July 28 1860

Recorded

Governor [[Moore, Andrew Barry, 1803-1873|A. B. Moore]][[Unknown, Granville|Granville Unknown]][[Montgomery County(Ala.)|Montgomery Co.]][[Alabama|Alabama]][[Boards of Police|boards of police]][[Enslaved people|slave/s]][[African Americans|black/s]][[African Americans|Negro/es]][[Slaveholders|slave owner/s]][[Jails|jail/s]]

Subject

Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873.; Alabama--History--19th Century.; Crime--Alabama--History.; Slavery--Alabama--History--19th century. ; Governors--Alabama--1860-1870