Pettition from Jurors of Mobile to Governor A.B. Moore; 1859

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Identifier

Q0000133999_Q0000134001

Title

Pettition from Jurors of Mobile to Governor A.B. Moore; 1859

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Type

text

Creator

Jurors of Mobile

Date

1859, July

Description

From the Jurors of Mobile petitioning Governor A.B. Moore to find clemency for Jules Lowenthal

Format

Petition

Language

English

Place

Mobile (Ala.)

Publisher

Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)

Contributor

Riecher Denmark

transcription

[?] July 5 1859
To His Excellency. [[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873|A B. Moore]],
Governor of The State of Alabama

The undersigned [[Jury|jurors]] who tried the case of the State vs. [[Lowenthal, Jules|Jules Lowenthal]] charged by indcitment in the City Court of Mobile with [[Embezzlement|Embezzlement]] of [IA?] [?] Term of 1858 of said court, by [Law?] [?] [i?] your Excellency to [ex?] [find?] [[Clemency|clemency]] to him.
He was sentenced to the [[Penitentiary|Penitentiary]] for Four years. The undersigned in consideration of the facts that he is a foreigner. (being a national of [[Germany|Germany]] and necessarily ignorant in a great many of our laws + customs). His [?]. [?] [?] + age of his [[Family|parents]] + the [?] devotion [ex?] [?] [?] [?] his imprisonment + suffering. [On?] the part of his [[Family|wife]], [causistly?] [ammenable?] the case to your [?] [?].
[?] [he?] is [selected?] he [said?] [working?] return to [[Belgium|Belgium]] and with [?] conditions [to?] [?] -signed [?] that he [?] foreigner and they are [please?] to be [an?] that in thi. the jurors of the City Court + the [?] [concur?] with them.
[Respectes to?]

over

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Jury
1 J. K. Lewks. [Jovsman?]
2
3 [Has?] R Bolluky
4
5 J W [Ginnis?]
6
7 David [Gurney?]
8 E Murray [R?]
9 Robert Gentry
10 A. Golay
11 J. R. Crozcer
12 J. B. [Calep?]
G. S. Ellison
D J [Filel?]

W F Preston, [?] Clerk
[Mol?] [Buforly?]

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Executive Department
17, July, 1859

- For the reasons [op?] by the [?]-[?] [?] who tried and convicted Lowenthal in city court of [describe?] ^ of who [recommend?] [?] the [?] that the said convict will return to Germany. He, the said [convict?]<s>[?]</s> is pardoned and ordered to be discharged from the penitentiary - The Secretary of State will [?] the proper order for his discharge.
A. B. Moore

Jules Lowenthal
[[Pardon|Pardoned]]
17 July 1859
Recorded

Subject

Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873; Petitions; Crime--Alabama--History