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. Kinsley S. Bingham, whose term commenced Jan. 1, 1855 , expired Dec. 31, 1858 |
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| Name of Convict | Date of Sentence | Term | Date of Pardon | Crime |
| Ami Filley | Sept. 1851 | 10 years | Jan. 5 1855 | Conspiracy |
| Alonzo B. Hoyt | Apr 1851 | 6 " | Jan 31 1855 | Larceny |
| Eliza Beesley | Dec 1854 | 2 " | Mar.17 1855 | Receiving stolen goods |
| Henry S. Whaney | Dec 1853 | 2 " | Mar 20 1855 | Seduction |
| Henry Hack | Oct 1851 | 10 " | Feb. 12 1855 | Perjury |
| Lyman Nelson | Mar 1853 | 2 " | Feb 13 1855 | Forgery |
| Corneilus Bixby | Sept 1853 | 2 " | Apr 11 1855 | Receiving stolen goods |
| William Bowen | Oct 1852 | 3 " | June 12 1855 | Larceny |
| Joseph Gary | Sept 1852 | 3 " | June 20 1855 | Passing counterfeit money |
| John Smith | June 1855 | 60 days | July 4 1855 | Illegal voting |
| Theodore Barker | July 1852 | 5 years | Aug 18 1855 | Larceny |
| William Jackson | Oct 1853 | 5 " | Aug 27 1855 | Arson |
| Edmund Grandy | Apr - | 3 " | Sept 19 1855 | Rape |
| Amdrew Lepper | Nov 1853 | 4 " | Sept 19 1855 | Rape |
| Margaret Mandeville | Apr 1855 | 1 year | Oct 17 1855 | Assault and battery |
| Gardner Chappell | May 1855 | 2 years | Oct 31 1855 | Crime against nature |
| Marvin D. Hazzard | April - | 5 " | Nov 21 1855 | Larceny |
| David F. Powers | Sept 1853 | 5 " | Dec 6 1855 | Forgery |
| Robert Cary | Sept 1854 | 2 " | Dec 6 1855 | Burglary and larceny |
| George Tefft | Dec 1847 | 10 " | Dec 11 1855 | Rape |
| Albert Pratt | Oct 1855 | 90 days | Dec 25 1855 | Assault and battery |
| John W. Baker | Mar 1852 | 5 years | Jan 5 1856 | Forgery |
| Henry H. Annabil | Mar 1855 | 2 yrs 6 mos | Feb 14 1856 | Larceny |
| John W. Glazier | Sept 1852 | 5 years | Apr 28 1856 | Offering counterfeit money |
| John Burns | Sept 1854 | 4 " | May 3 1856 | Burglary and larceny |
| Lydia Hartman | Mar 1856 | 1 year | May 14 1856 | Having counterfeit money |
| Daniel Rathbone | July 1852 | 8 years | May 31 1856 | Passing counterfeit money |
| Orlando D. Williams | Sept 1851 | 10 " | July 2 1856 | Arson |
| Alonzo Deleo | Fall Term 1853 | 5 " | July 2 1856 | Larceny |
| John Conklin | June 1852 | 5 " | July 2 1856 | Larceny |
| Frederick Bram | Mar 1856 | 3 " | July 2 1856 | Passing counterfeit money |
| Jonathan Price | Sept 1851 | 8 " | July 25 1856 | Obtaining goods by false pretenses |
| Daniel F. Paris | Sept 1854 | 4 " | Aug 7 1856 | Larceny |
| Charles Tryon | May 1856 | 1 year | Sept 6 1856 | Refusing to pay over money |
| Charles Hughes | June 1851 | 5 yrs 6 mos | Sept 18 1856 | Larceny and breaking jail |
| Patrick McMahon | Oct 1854 | For life | Oct 3 1856 | Arson |
| John Hartman | Sept 1856 | 2 years | Oct 31 1856 | Assault and battery with intent to kill |
| William Hartman | Apr 1856 | 5 " | Nov 22 1856 | Passing counterfeit money |
| Alonzo Crandall | Nov 1855 | 10 " | Dec 1 1856 | House breaking with intent to steal |
| George Allard | Dec 1855 | 2 yrs 6 mos | Jan 6 1857 | Larceny |
| Patrick Spellman | May 1853 | - | Jan 7 1857 | Perjury |
| Peter Cadott | June 1855 | 4 years | Jan 16 1857 | Manslaughter, second degree |
| Elmer C. Benton | Sept 1854 | 8 years | Jan 20 1857 | Rape |
| Frederick Turret | - | 90 days | Jan 20 1857 | Assault and battery upon an officer |
| John Long | September Term | 1 year | Jan 24 1857 | Assault and battery upon an officer |
| John Stephenson | Oct 1854 | 5 years | Feb 16 1857 | Larceny |
| James H. Bingham | Oct 1852 | 6 " | Feb 27 1857 | Passing counterfeit money |
| William Rowe | - | 75 days | Mar 2 1857 | Disorderly conduct |
| James Campbell | Oct 1853 | 4 years | Mar 27 1857 | Manslaughter |
| Daniel F. McGee | Nov 1851 | 8 " | Mar 29 1857 | Assault and battery and attempt at rape |
| Polly Howden | July 1856 | 2 " | Apr 3 1857 | Larceny |
| Joseph Gray | April 1853 | 3 years | Apr 22 1857 | Receiving stolen property |
| Marshall Chillison | Nov 1853 | 4 " | Apr 30 1857 | Grand Larceny |
| William N. Mills | Apr 24 1857 | 75 days | May 4 1857 | Petit Larceny |
| Samuel Dodd | May 15 1857 | 4 mos | Commuted to fine, Jun 15 1857 | Receiving stolen goods |
| Barney Doty | Oct 1854 | 3 years | June 26 1857 | Polygamy |
| Kern McGinnis | Dec 1854 | 4 " | Aug 15 1857 | Passing counterfeit money |
| Perry W. Whittaker | Sept 1856 | 1 year | Aug 22 1857 | Passing counterfeit money |
| Owen Glaney | Dec 1847 | 14 years | Sept 9 1857 | Robbery |
| Margaret Lindsley | Oct 1854 | 5 " | Sept 9 1857 | Receiving stolen goods |
| Sylvester M. Woods | Sept 1855 | 4 " | Sept 9 1857 | Stealing |
| Stephen Fowler | 1857 | 15 years | Sept 9 1857 | Assault and battery with intent to kill |
| Richard Conner | 1857 | 90 days | Sept 17 1857 | Assault and battery |
| John Jordan | Oct 1851 | 8 years | Oct 5 1857 | Larceny |
| Adelbert Biodget | Oct 1854 | 4 " | Oct 26 1857 | Larceny |
| William H. Parker | Sept 1856 | 2 " | Oct 26 1857 | Assault and battery with intent to maim |
| Richard Moffat | Sept 1856 | 2 " | Oct 26 1857 | Assault and battery with intent to maim |
| Francis Wells | May 1854 | 10 years | Nov 2 1857 | Rape and assault to commit rape |
| DeWitt C. Horton | Feb 1856 | For life | Nov 2 1857 | Murder |
| Martin Remington | Dec 1853 | 6 years | Dec 10 1857 | Burglary and larceny |
| John Waterman | Dec 1854 | 8 " | Dec 16 1857 | Robbery |
| Margaret Seabrook | Sep 1857 | 6 mos | Dec 17 1857 | Keeping house of ill-fame |
| James W. Petty | - | 10 years | Dec 25 1857 | Larceny |
| Thomas Z. Taylor | Dec 1854 | 8 " | Jan 3 1858 | Highway robbery |
| Mary Murnin | June 23 1857 | Until 21 yrs old | Jan 4 1858 | Common prostitute |
| Peter West | Jan 1851 | 20 years | Jan 6 1858 | Rape |
| Edward McCurrick | 1856 | 2 years | Jan 22 1858 | Larceny |
| Joseph Stoddard | May 1857 | 3 " | Feb 3 1858 | Compound larceny |
| Willis Sperry | March 1854 | 6 " | Feb 15 1858 | Larceny and breaking jail |
| Amos Ives | March 1855 | 3 " | Feb 15 1858 | Larceny |
| Daniel Moynahan | Dec 1854 | 5 " | Feb 15 1858 | Malicious injury |
| Catharine Moultree | Jan 1858 | 90 days | Feb 17 1858 | Larceny |
| Henry Beck | Apr 1856 | 4 years | Mar 16 1858 | Larceny |
| John Alsop | Dec 1854 | 7 " | Mar 16 1858 | Robbery |
| John Murphy | Oct 1852 | 8 " | Mar 29 1858 | Larceny |
| Willis McAllister | Mar 1856 | 3 years | Apr 19 1858 | Having counterfeit money |
| Isaac S. Allis | Dec 24 1857 | 6 mos | Apr 24 1858 | Assault and battery |
| Thomas Noonan | Mar 1854 | 5 years | May 3 1858 | Arson |
| Robert Brown | Dec 1857 | - | May 3 1858 | Larceny |
| Robert Brown | Jan 9 1858 | 6 mos | May 7 1858 | Larceny |
| Silas J. Owen | May 1 1858 | 2 years | May 10 1858 | Threatening for the purpose of extorting money |
| Alanson Harvy | Sep 1857 | 3 " | May 26 1858 | Larceny |
| Joseph H. Hall | May 1857 | 1 year | May 26 1858 | Larceny |
| Clark Matthews | Oct 1857 | 10 years | May 28 1858 | Assault and battery with intent to commit rape |
| Nathan Ward | - | 2 " | June 3 1858 | Passing counterfeit money |
| George Payne | June 1855 | 7 " | June 12 1858 | Burglary and larceny |
| Lewis W. Rider | July 1856 | 6 " | June 12 1858 | Having counterfeit money |
| David Griffith | June 1857 | 2 " | June 28 1858 | Stealing |
| John D. McIntyre | April 1857 | 5 " | June 28 1858 | Larceny |
| John Feasel | Apr 1858 | 3 mos | June 28 1858 | Larceny |
| Samuel Foursier | May 1856 | 5 years | June 28 1858 | Larceny |
| John Stid | Mar 1858 | 2 years | July 5 1858 | Larceny |
| Charles C. Wood | Jan 1857 | - | July 8 1858 | Larceny |
| Nelson Knight | Fall Term 1853 | 20 years | July 9 1858 | Incest |
| Joseph Peel | June 16 1858 | 40 days | July 12 1858 | Assault and battery |
| Benjamin Peel | June 16 1858 | 40 days | July 12 1858 | Assault and battery |
| Peter Smith | - | 40 days | July 12 1858 | Violating city ordinance |
| Charles A. Baker | Nov 1857 | 10 years | July 19 1858 | Rape |
| Martin Doty | Mar 1855 | 15 " | July 30 1858 | Incest |
| Andrew Sutherland | May 1858 | 1 year | Aug 12 1858 | Assault and battery |
| Francis Williams | Sept 1852 | - | Aug 30 1858 | Larceny |
| Samuel Scaman | Dec 1856 | 5 years | Sept 13 1858 | Bigamy |
| Charles Jackson | Sept 1854 | 5 " | Sept 27 1858 | Burglary |
| James Hollinbeck | June 1857 | 2 " | Oct 4 1858 | not printing this one |
| Silas Johnson | Sept 1857 | 5 " | Oct 11 1858 | Forgery |
| Charles Stewart | Oct 1856 | 5 " | Oct 11 1858 | Larceny |
| William Leggett | Oct 1856 | 3 " | Oct 11 1858 | Larceny |
| Thomas Metross | Dec 1857 | 3 " | Oct 26 1858 | Larceny |
| Thomas Matterson | Mar 1857 | 3 yrs 3 mos | Oct 27 1858 | Assault with intent to kill |
| William Odell | Sept 1857 | 5 years | Nov 3 1858 | Larceny |
| William Kelly | Nov 1857 | 1 year | Nov 3 1858 | Assault and battery |
| James Kelly | Nov 1857 | 1 year | Nov 3 1858 | Resisting an officer |
| Andrew Kelley | Nov 1857 | 1 year | Nov 3 1858 | Resisting an officer |
| Samuel DeWolfe | Aug 30 1858 | 75 days | Nov 3 1858 | Assault and battery |
| Gilbert R. Shays | Sep 1857 | 5 years | Nov 3 1858 | Burglary and larceny |
| Hosea Reeves | Dec 1855 | - | Nov 11 1858 | Arson |
| Samuel P. Hart | Feb 1856 | 10 years | Nov 11 1858 | Rape |
| Richard B. Coleman | June 1857 | 3 " | Nov 23 1858 | Forgery |
| John Winters | May 1848 | For life | Nov 23 1858 | Murder |
| Charles B. Baker | May 1854 | 21 years | Dec 14 1858 | Burglary |
| James Weaver | July 1852 | 9 " | Dec 14 1858 | Burglary and larceny |
| Rinaldo Baxter | July 1856 | 5 " | Dec 18 1858 | Having counterfeit money |
| John Wilson | Apr 1857 | 5 " | Dec 21 1858 | Housebreaking and stealing |
| Theodore Chilson | Dec 1857 | 3 yrs 6 mos | Dec 25 1858 | Secreting stolen goods |
| Barney Riley | - | 3 years | Dec 28 1858 | not listing this one - Editor |