PARDONS GRANTED by the GOVERNOR
Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Michigan
Published 1867 by J.A. Kerr & Co., Printers to the State.
As you view this material, please be aware that this covers the whole State
of Michigan.
There is no further information given about any of those persons convicted
of the following crimes, nor is there information about where those convicted
of the crimes lived at.
| Pardoned by: Gov. John S. Barry - Term commenced Jan 1850, expired Dec. 31, 1851 | ||||
| Name of Convict | Date of Sentence | Term | Date of Pardon | Crime |
| William Somerville | April 26, 1851 | Six months | June 17, 1851 | Assault and battery |
| Joseph M. Crane | September 1844 | Two years | October 23 1851 | Forgery |
| William Mahoney | October, 1851 | Five years | November 1, 1851 | Larceny |
| Pardoned by: Gov. Robert McClelland - Term commenced Jan. 1, 1852 to March 7, 1853 | ||||
| Michael Doyle | October 1848 | Five years | March 29, 1852 | receiving stolen goods |
| Samuel Prate | January 1848 | Five years | April 6, 1852 | Perjury |
| Benjamin Messinger | July 1851 | One year | July 1, 1852 | Larceny |
| William Hammil | June 1845 | Eight years | July 6, 1852 | Burgluary and larceny |
| Erastus Bowen | December 1847 | Five years | July 6, 1852 | Counterfeit money, and intent to pass |
| James Butler | March 1850 | Fifteen years | July 6, 1852 | Rape |
| John Dunn | March 1850 | Ten years | July 6, 1852 | Rape |
| John Randall | November 1851 | One year | November 8, 1852 | Larceny |
| Erastus Champlin | September 1851 | Five years | March 2, 1853 | Conspiracy |
| Ebenezer Farnham | September 1851 | Eight years | March 2, 1853 | Conspiracy |
| Erastus Smith | September 1851 | Five years | March 2, 1853 | Conspiracy |
| Pardoned by: Gov. Andrew Parsons - Term commenced March 8, 1853 to Dec. 31, 1854 | ||||
| Henry Reynolds | March 1852 | 3 years | April 8, 1853 | Concealing stolen goods |
| George A. Spaulding | April 1852 | 4 years | May 2, 1853 | Grand larceny |
| Andrew J. Patterson | September 1852 | 3 years | May 4, 1853 | Forging draft |
| John Critchell | May 1852 | 7 years | June 1, 1853 | Rape |
| John Brien | October 1848 | 5 years | June 17, 1853 | Larceny |
| Anthony Murray | October 1848 | 5 years | June 17, 1853 | Larceny |
| Samuel Woodward | Spring Term 1846 | 10 years | July 6, 1853 | Burglary |
| Harry Mosher | June 1861 | 6 years | July 11, 1853 | Arson |
| Nathan Foster | November 1851 | 3 years | July 11, 1853 | Larceny |
| Samuel Hascall | April 1847 | 6 years | Aug. 22, 1853 | Perjury |
| William Butler | March 1847 | 8 years | Sept. 1, 1853 | Manslaughter |
| William Hall | March 1852 | 4 years | Sept. 6, 1853 | Larceny |
| LaFayette Thayer | May 1846 | 9 years | Sept. 13, 1853 | Burglary |
| James B. Lyon | October 1851 | 3 years | Sept. 17, 1853 | Larceny |
| Joseph Carlisle | June 1852 | 5 years | Sept. 23, 1853 | Larceny |
| Jessee Doyle | December, 1851 | 5 years | Sept. 29, 1853 | Incest |
| Morgan McCarty | October 1850 | 4 years | Oct. 12, 1853 | Larceny |
| Joseph Rodemaker | December 1848 | 10 years | Oct. 22, 1853 | Manslaughter |
| Andrew J. Freeland | September 1853 | 8 years | Oct. 24, 1853 | Arson |
| Nicholas Schoonover | April 1852 | 5 years | Nov. 11, 1853 | Rape |
| James Supple | November 1852 | Dec. 5, 1853 | Assault with intent to kill | |
| John Howard | October 1851 | 4 years | Jan. 31, 1854 | Larceny |
| Marcus Beeler | March 1853 | 3 years | June 3, 1853 | Larceny |
| William Collins | June 1853 | 2 years | July 5, 1853 | Burglary and Larceny |
| William Pollock | April 1852 | 5 years | Sept. 25, 1853 | Larceny |
| Samuel Carlinsky | June 1853 | 10 years | Oct. 4, 1853 | Rape |
| Edward Blake | March 1853 | 3 years | Oct. 27, 1853 | Larceny |
| Francis A. McCamley | September 1853 | 2 years | Oct. 27, 1853 | Aiding to break jail |
| George Wells | October 1845 | 20 years | Nov. 28, 1853 | Assault with intent to kill |
| Benjamin F. Dade | October 1851 | 10 years | Dec. 23, 1853 | Perjury |
| Lyman Champlin | September 1851 | 5 years | Dec. 28, 1853 | Conspiracy |
| Willard Champlin | September 1851 | 5 years | Dec. 28, 1853 | Conspiracy |
| Richard Price | Septenber 1851 | 8 years | Dec. 28, 1853 | Conspiracy |
| Eben Price | September 1851 | 8 years | Dec. 28, 1853 | Conspiracy |
| William Corwin | September 1851 | 8 years | Dec. 28, 1853 | Conspiracy |
| James L. Perkins | September 1853 | 4 years | Dec. 29, 1853 | Forgery |