Letter from Judge Richard Ellis of the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama, to Governor Israel Pickens in Greene County, Alabama.

Letter from Judge Richard Ellis of the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama, to Governor Israel Pickens in Greene County, Alabama.

In the letter Ellis discusses the case of Adam Lowry, who was tried and convicted twice, first for stealing a hog and then for stealing a horse. After the second offense Lowry's right hand was branded with the letter "T" and he was put in jail. The judge asks the governor to pardon th...

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Letter from Judge Richard Ellis of the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama, to Governor Israel Pickens in Greene County, Alabama.
fulltopic Alabama documents
Ellis, Richard; Lowry, Adam; Pickens, Israel, 1780-1827; Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865; Criminal justice, Administration of; Governors--Alabama; Judges--Alabama; Prisoners--Alabama; Morgan County (Ala.)
description In the letter Ellis discusses the case of Adam Lowry, who was tried and convicted twice, first for stealing a hog and then for stealing a horse. After the second offense Lowry's right hand was branded with the letter "T" and he was put in jail. The judge asks the governor to pardon the prisoner from serving the rest of his sentence, feeling that he has been punished sufficiently: "It was believed that if the great object and end of human punishment were Example and the reformation of the individual; that those ends have been attained, perhaps as far as this mode of punishment can affect it. We are of the opinion that the remaining part of the sentence which is imprisonment and thirty nine lashes, may be a fit subject of executive mercy without any injury to society." A transcription is included. [Lowry's name is spelled inconsistently in the four documents pertaining to this case; the spelling in the governor's statement (Q32524 - Q32525) is used in this description and in the subject headings listed below.]
spelling Q0000032516 - Q0000032517Q32516 - Q32517Letter from Judge Richard Ellis of the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama, to Governor Israel Pickens in Greene County, Alabama.In the letter Ellis discusses the case of Adam Lowry, who was tried and convicted twice, first for stealing a hog and then for stealing a horse. After the second offense Lowry's right hand was branded with the letter "T" and he was put in jail. The judge asks the governor to pardon the prisoner from serving the rest of his sentence, feeling that he has been punished sufficiently: "It was believed that if the great object and end of human punishment were Example and the reformation of the individual; that those ends have been attained, perhaps as far as this mode of punishment can affect it. We are of the opinion that the remaining part of the sentence which is imprisonment and thirty nine lashes, may be a fit subject of executive mercy without any injury to society." A transcription is included. [Lowry's name is spelled inconsistently in the four documents pertaining to this case; the spelling in the governor's statement (Q32524 - Q32525) is used in this description and in the subject headings listed below.]1822 April1822-04-001820-1829Ellis, Richard; Lowry, Adam; Pickens, Israel, 1780-1827; Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865; Criminal justice, Administration of; Governors--Alabama; Judges--Alabama; Prisoners--Alabama; Morgan County (Ala.)TextCorrespondenceAlabama. Governor (1821-1825 : Pickens)Alabama Governor (1821-1825 : Pickens) pardons, paroles, and clemency filesSG004162v3056Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis 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.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/3821
title Letter from Judge Richard Ellis of the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama, to Governor Israel Pickens in Greene County, Alabama.
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