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NY
Commutations |
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|
Name |
Date |
Sentenced |
County |
Crime |
Term |
Prison |
Comment |
|
Stein, Michael |
2/17/1879 |
11/19/1877 |
Albany |
burglary, 3rd degree |
3 years |
Albany County Penitentiary |
Commuted to 1 year & 6 months from 11/19/1877, subject to the legal deduction |
|
Stern, Jacob |
8/6/1877 |
1/9/1877 |
Oneida |
false pretenses |
1 year |
County Jail |
Sentence commuted to 7 months' actual service |
|
Stillman, Rufus B |
5/25/1877 |
3/1877 |
Monroe |
murder in the 1st degree |
Sentenced to be hanged on Friday, the 1st day of June, 1877 |
County Jail |
Sentence commuted to imprisonment in the Auburn State Prison for the term of his natural life |
|
Sullivan, Daniel |
12/23/1878 |
9/27/1878 |
New York |
assault & battery |
1 year |
New York County Penitentiary |
Sentence commuted to 3 months' actual service |
|
Sullivan, James |
12/13/1877 |
10/22/1874 |
Albany |
robbery |
7 years |
Clinton |
Sentence commuted to 4 years and 3 months' actual service |
|
Supplee, Richard |
2/4/1879 |
2/6/1877 |
New York |
grand larceny from the person |
3 years |
Sing Sing |
Commuted to 2 years, from 2/6/1877, actual service |
|
Tallman, Edward W |
11/14/1879 |
3/16/1878 |
Dutchess |
causing a miscarriage |
4 years |
Sing Sing |
Commuted to 2 years, from 3/16/1878, subject to the legal deduction |
|
Tutle, Mary |
11/14/1877 |
1/16/1857 |
Columbia |
manslaughter in the 1st degree |
Life |
Sing Sing |
Sentence commuted to 20 years and 10 months' actual service |
|
Twiss, James G |
12/15/1879 |
7/8/1875 |
New York |
robbery, 1st degree |
18 years |
Sing Sing |
Commuted to 6 years & 6 months, form 7/8/1875, subject to legal deduction |
|
Vandyke, George & John |
12/1/1879 |
4/5/1877 |
St Lawrence |
burglary & larceny |
5 years |
Clinton |
Commuted to 3 years & 6 months from 4/5/1877 with deduction |
|
Vaughn, Maurice |
9/5/1878 |
1/8/1877 |
Erie |
robbery |
5 years |
Auburn |
Sentence commuted to 2 years, subject to the legal deduction for good conduct |
|
Verst, Ferdinand |
7/20/1878 |
5/22/1876 |
Erie |
perjury |
5 years |
Auburn |
Sentence commuted to 2 years & 2 months' actual service |
|
Vornlacher or Furlacher, Peter |
7/24/1879 |
11/6/1871 |
New York |
robbery, 1st degree |
15 years |
Sing Sing; transferred to Auburn |
Commuted to 7 years, 8 months & 18 days, from 11/6/1871, actual service |
|
Wadsworth, Robert |
9/17/1879 |
6/20/1879 |
Kings |
abortion |
1 year |
Kings County Penitentiary |
Commuted to 3 months, from 6/20/1879, actual service |
|
Weis, Moritz |
9/13/1878 |
2/15/1878 |
New York |
grand larceny |
3 years |
Sing Sing |
Sentence commuted to 7 months' actual service |
|
Whalen, Henrich alias Max Hoene |
8/1/1877 |
1/17/1877 |
Kings |
attempted burglary in the 3rd degree |
1 year |
Kings County Penitentiary |
Sentence commuted to 6 months & 16 days' actual service. Prisoner will be taken at one to Pennsylvania upon a requisition, where he is about to be tried for murder |
|
Whalen, William |
9/3/1877 |
9/7/1874 |
Schenectady |
arson in the 3rd degree |
5 years |
Clinton |
Sentence commuted to 3 years' actual service |
|
Whittaker, Julius |
2/9/1878 |
10/12/1875 |
New York |
assault to harm |
7 years |
Sing Sing; transferred to Auburn |
Sentence commuted to 3 years, with deduction |
|
Williams, John |
11/14/1879 |
5/16/1878 |
New York |
burglary, 3rd degree |
2 years & 6 months |
Sing Sing |
Commuted to 1 year & 6 months, from 5/16/1878, actual service |
|
Williams, Patrick |
9/8/1877 |
6/11/1877 |
Erie |
assault & battery |
6 months & $50 |
Erie County Penitentiary |
Sentence commuted to 3 months' actual service |
|
Willse, Isaac |
9/25/1879 |
9/27/1878 |
New York |
assault to harm |
3 years |
Sing Sing |
Commuted to 1 year, form 9/27/1878, actual service |
|
Wilson, Henry H |
11/20/1879 |
11/55/1870 |
Kings |
burglary, 1st degree |
20 years |
Sing Sing |
Commuted to 9 years, from 11/22/1870, actual service |
|
Wilson, James |
10/3/1879 |
7/7/1879 |
Erie |
assault & battery |
6 months |
Erie County Penitentiary |
Commuted to 3 months, from 7/7/1879, actual service |
|
Wolf, Ludwig |
8/10/1877 |
8/11/1876 |
New York |
grand larceny |
2 years |
Sing Sing |
|
|
Youle, Charles Frederick |
10/3/1879 |
5/1878 |
Jefferson |
assault to ravish |
3 years |
Auburn |
Commuted to 1 year, 4 months & 15 days, form 5/17/1878, actual service |
|
Zimmer, Henry J |
2/9/1878 |
9/12/1876 |
New York |
grand larceny |
2 years & 6 Months |
Sing Sing |
Sentence commuted to 1 year & 5 months' actual service |
| Public Papers of Lucius Robinson Governor of the State of New York 1877," The Argus Company, Printers 1877, Albany, NY, pages 177 to 229 |
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