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Theft in the Daily Dispatch & Richmond Dispatch, 1900 & 1920

Executive Clemency Refused

Item

Title
Executive Clemency Refused
Source
Daily Dispatch {VA}
Date
1880-09-01
page
1
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024738/1880-09-01/ed-1/?sp=1
Crime
Theft
Subject
Theft; House-breaking
Stage of the Legal System
Sentencing
Location
In-State; VA
Length of story
21 words
Description
The Governor has refused to pardon John W. Filcher, who was convicted of house-breaking and theft, and sentenced to be whipped.