Lettter made to remit Martin Fay's extended murder sentence. Multiple petitions were made for Mr. Fay.
Item
Identifier
Q0000133592_Q0000133593
Title
Lettter made to remit Martin Fay's extended murder sentence. Multiple petitions were made for Mr. Fay.
Rights
This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.
Type
text
Creator
A.B. Moore
Date
08/1859
Description
From the Alabama Department of Archives and History Governor A. B. Moore Collection. The petitioners and A.B. Moore believe Martin Fay served his time in the penitentiary and should be released earlier than his sentence says.
Format
Letter
Language
English
Place
Mobile County, AL
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Yanni Manolakos
transcription
Executive Department
Augst 1859
Martin Fay was convicted of one against [?] intent to murder one Michael Collins, in the City Court of
Mobile at the Spring Term of said Court 1858
The [?] who came to him, and the officers of the defferent? Court of Moble including [?] [?] of the
Circuit Court $ Many citizens of high respect
Martin Jay/Fay was convicted of an assault with intent to murder one Michael Collins, in the City
Court of Mobile at the Spring Term of Said Court 1858.
The jury who convicted him and the offices of the different Court of Mobile including Judge
[Rasseen?] of the Circuit Court + many citizens of high respectability of Mobile having petitioned me
to remit the balance of his term of imprisonment.
- It appears from the facts stated by the jury that said Fay struck but one blow + deserted, where it
was in his power to have repeated the blows, + to have taken the life Collins. These facts lead my
mind to the conclusion that he was guilty of assault and battery + not of an assault with intent to
murder. It also appears to have been a sudden assault + that the [?] was done in the heat of [?], and
in the moment of excitement. It also appears that his conduct has been good [whilst?] in the
Penitentiary. For these reasons, I have determined to remit the balance of the term of his
imprisonment & to take effect on the first day of September next.
A.B. Moore.
Col. Jon? H De?
Dear Sir
You well [?] the proper order to the Lessee of the [Price?] [Tuesday?] to release + discharge Mister
Fay on the 1st of Sept. next.
A.B. Moor
Augst 1859
Martin Fay was convicted of one against [?] intent to murder one Michael Collins, in the City Court of
Mobile at the Spring Term of said Court 1858
The [?] who came to him, and the officers of the defferent? Court of Moble including [?] [?] of the
Circuit Court $ Many citizens of high respect
Martin Jay/Fay was convicted of an assault with intent to murder one Michael Collins, in the City
Court of Mobile at the Spring Term of Said Court 1858.
The jury who convicted him and the offices of the different Court of Mobile including Judge
[Rasseen?] of the Circuit Court + many citizens of high respectability of Mobile having petitioned me
to remit the balance of his term of imprisonment.
- It appears from the facts stated by the jury that said Fay struck but one blow + deserted, where it
was in his power to have repeated the blows, + to have taken the life Collins. These facts lead my
mind to the conclusion that he was guilty of assault and battery + not of an assault with intent to
murder. It also appears to have been a sudden assault + that the [?] was done in the heat of [?], and
in the moment of excitement. It also appears that his conduct has been good [whilst?] in the
Penitentiary. For these reasons, I have determined to remit the balance of the term of his
imprisonment & to take effect on the first day of September next.
A.B. Moore.
Col. Jon? H De?
Dear Sir
You well [?] the proper order to the Lessee of the [Price?] [Tuesday?] to release + discharge Mister
Fay on the 1st of Sept. next.
A.B. Moor