Record of applications for pardon, 1912-1939.

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Record of applications for pardon, 1912-1939.

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"In all cases, except treason and impeachment, the governor has power, after conviction, and not otherwise , to grant reprieves, commutations, paroles, and to remit fines and forfeitures and he must cause to be entered, in a book kept for the purpose, his reasons therefor. . ." (Ala. Code, Chapter 265, Section 7510 [1907]). This series contains the governor's record of pardons. Each entry gives a prisoner's name, county of residence, crime, date convicted, sentence, the action of the Parole Board and the Governor are often blank. Each name is indexed in the front of the volume. These records were created during the existence of the Board of Pardons (1901-1935), the Parole Bureau (1935-1939) and during the administrations of Governors Emmett O'Neal (1911-1915), Charles Henderson (1915-1919), Thomas Erby Kilby (1919-1923), William Woodward Brandon (1923-1927), Bibb Graves (1927-1931) and (1935-1939), Benjamin Meek Miller (1931-1935), and Frank M. Dixon (1939-1943).

10 cubic ft. (21 volumes).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Authorities: Alabama Government Manual, 1982. 1819 Alabama Constitution, Art. IV, Sec. 1-15, 16, 18. Acts 1933, No. 177, p. 189. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1979. Code of Alabama 1876. Code of Alabama 1975. 1901 Alabama Constitution, Art. V, Sec. 116, 126-128, Amendment 282. The Governor is the chief executive of the State. He sees that laws are faithfully and equitably exe...