Petition for pardon of Reuben Pearson
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Identifier
Q0000134244_Q0000134247
Title
Petition for pardon of Reuben Pearson
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Type
text
Creator
Unknown
Date
1859 March
Description
Petition to Governor A.B. Moore from Dallas County, Alabama, for the release of Reuben Pearson. Pearson was imprisoned in the state penitentiary for murder.
Language
English
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Soleil Ozols
transcription
Dallas County, Alabama
March 1859
To his Excelleny, [[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873|Andrew B. Moore]], Governor of Alabama
Dear Sir:
The undersigned Citizens of [[Dallas County (Ala.)|County of Dallas]] represent to your Excellency that [[Pearson, Reuben|Reuben Pearson]], was [[convicted|conviction]] in the [[Circuit Court|circuit court]] of Dallas County, in the year 1847 of [[murder|murder]], and sentenced to be hanged, and that punishment commuted to imprisonment for life in the penitentiary. He has been now con-fined nearly twelve years, and has reached his 68th year. We are pleased to see, from the recommendation, or Certificate, of the inspection of the Penitentiary, that his conduct as a prisoner has been unexceptionable and exemplary, and do not doubt that he has undergone a complete reformation.
Regarding his good Conduct, and his ex=treme old age, we agree with the Inspection of the penitentiary that “the remission re=mainder of his term would not inconsis=tent with the public good”. His extreme old age surely renders him a public charge and expense, and his life must be near the close.
His son, a most excellent, and much respected merchant of Louisiana, is here, and
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anxious to take his old father to that State, and Comfort him in his last hours.
In consideration of these things, we respectfully ask your Excellency to remit the balance of his imprisonment.
Jno Abram
R G Travers
Thos Hunter
J H Bowe
Joseph Babcock
John Abernathy
Wm S. Boynton
Nathan Roberts
Tho. J. Howell
M. Wildebrand
H. B. Boynton
A. Saltmarsh
Orson T. Howell
H. A. Saunders
John Moseley
H.L.F. Coleman
P. G. Wood
Tho. H. Lewis
G. W. Gayle
A. D. Brazeale Circuit Clerk
J. L. Evans
C C Pegues
W. W. Norris
Thos G Rainer
E Gardner
J.D.L. [?]
J Bausman Duke
M. I. [?]
Saml M. Hill
[?]
Thos. J. Porter
J. P. Luck
Isaac W. Lenoir
E. B. Wilson
E. [G?] Culver
J. B. Duke
Thos. G. Taylor
F. S. Milhous
J. W. Walkers
M. Woodruff
W B Andrews
James W Kelly
J R Sommerville
W. W. Fambros
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I have consid-ered this petition & the letter of the solicitor I have [?] to discharge the convict on the first of October next. 17. March 1859
A. B. Moore
Reuben Pearson
Dallas Co.
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Petition to the Governor
Reuben Pearson
Dallas
Pardoned Oct. 1. 1859
Murder 1st dgre sentenced for life [consecutive?] and afterwards [?]
Recorded
March 1859
To his Excelleny, [[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873|Andrew B. Moore]], Governor of Alabama
Dear Sir:
The undersigned Citizens of [[Dallas County (Ala.)|County of Dallas]] represent to your Excellency that [[Pearson, Reuben|Reuben Pearson]], was [[convicted|conviction]] in the [[Circuit Court|circuit court]] of Dallas County, in the year 1847 of [[murder|murder]], and sentenced to be hanged, and that punishment commuted to imprisonment for life in the penitentiary. He has been now con-fined nearly twelve years, and has reached his 68th year. We are pleased to see, from the recommendation, or Certificate, of the inspection of the Penitentiary, that his conduct as a prisoner has been unexceptionable and exemplary, and do not doubt that he has undergone a complete reformation.
Regarding his good Conduct, and his ex=treme old age, we agree with the Inspection of the penitentiary that “the remission re=mainder of his term would not inconsis=tent with the public good”. His extreme old age surely renders him a public charge and expense, and his life must be near the close.
His son, a most excellent, and much respected merchant of Louisiana, is here, and
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anxious to take his old father to that State, and Comfort him in his last hours.
In consideration of these things, we respectfully ask your Excellency to remit the balance of his imprisonment.
Jno Abram
R G Travers
Thos Hunter
J H Bowe
Joseph Babcock
John Abernathy
Wm S. Boynton
Nathan Roberts
Tho. J. Howell
M. Wildebrand
H. B. Boynton
A. Saltmarsh
Orson T. Howell
H. A. Saunders
John Moseley
H.L.F. Coleman
P. G. Wood
Tho. H. Lewis
G. W. Gayle
A. D. Brazeale Circuit Clerk
J. L. Evans
C C Pegues
W. W. Norris
Thos G Rainer
E Gardner
J.D.L. [?]
J Bausman Duke
M. I. [?]
Saml M. Hill
[?]
Thos. J. Porter
J. P. Luck
Isaac W. Lenoir
E. B. Wilson
E. [G?] Culver
J. B. Duke
Thos. G. Taylor
F. S. Milhous
J. W. Walkers
M. Woodruff
W B Andrews
James W Kelly
J R Sommerville
W. W. Fambros
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I have consid-ered this petition & the letter of the solicitor I have [?] to discharge the convict on the first of October next. 17. March 1859
A. B. Moore
Reuben Pearson
Dallas Co.
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Petition to the Governor
Reuben Pearson
Dallas
Pardoned Oct. 1. 1859
Murder 1st dgre sentenced for life [consecutive?] and afterwards [?]
Recorded
Subject
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873; Governors--Alabama; Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865