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. Moses Wisner, whose term commenced Jan., 1859, and expired Dec., 1860. |
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| Name of Convict | Date of Sentence | Term | Date of Pardon | Crime |
| Caroline Thompson | Oct 1854 | 5 years | January 1, 1859 | Burglary |
| Laurie Elliott | Oct 1854 | 5 years | January 1, 1859 | Burglary |
| Bridget Murray | Oct 1856 | 6 years | January 28, 1859 | Larceny |
| Eliza Chilson | Dec 1856 | 3 Yrs., 6 months | March 28, 1859 | Receiving stolen goods |
| Rebecca Galway | Dec 1856 | 3 years | March 11, 1859 | Larceny |
| John Morgan | Nov 1855 | 8 years | March 12, 1859 | Larceny |
| James E. Tower | Sep 1858 | 2 years | March 16, 1859 | Having counterfeit money |
| Augustus Stisser | Jul 1856 | 5 years | May 16, 1859 | Having counterfeit money |
| George H. White | Jun 1858 | 3 years | May 31, 1859 | Perjury |
| Jeremiah Fisher | 1858 | 2 years | May 31, 1859 | Larceny |
| Calvin Sacket | Sep 1857 | 2 years | May 31, 1859 | Adultery |
| John Badger | Sep1856 | 10 years | June 2, 1859 | Murder in second degree |
| William Close | 1858 | 2 years | June 3, 1859 | Burglary and Larceny |
| John Crowley | Dec 1856 | 15 years | June 4, 1859 | Murder in second degree |
| Daniel T. Schofield | Dec 1857 | 7 years | June 21, 1859 | Assault & battery with intent to murder |
| John I. Brooks | Jun 1857 | 4 years | June 27, 1859 | Larceny |
| Sarah Angell | Jan 1859 | June 30, 1859 | Larceny | |
| Smith A. Ellis | May 1856 | 15 years | July 28, 1859 | Burglary |
| James Scott | 1858 | 5 years | July 30, 1859 | Larceny |
| Peter Herbert Shiemer | Jun 1859 | 60 days | August 12, 1859 | Assault & battery |
| DeWitt C. Horton | 1855 | August 17, 1859 | Murder in the 1st degree | |
| Frederick D. Beardsley | Apr | 10 years | August 22, 1859 | Perjury |
| William Harman | Dec 1856 | 4 years | October 12, 1859 | Passing counterfeit money |
| Frank Fox | Jun 1858 | 3 years | October 16, 1859 | Burglary |
| John Drennan | Jul 1856 | 15 years | October 16, 1859 | Burglary |
| Samuel Decker | June1857 | 3 years | October 21, 1859 | Larceny |
| William Barrows | Dec 1857 | 4 1/2 years | Oct 22, 1859 | Grand larceny |
| George Herring | Dec 1857 | 10 years | Oct 23, 1859 | Crime against nature |
| Israel Vail | Sep 1857 | 3 years | Nov 7, 1859 | Perjury |
| George & Harmon Munger | Oct 1858 | 2 years | November 7, 1859 | Aiding person to break jail |
| James Knaggs | Sep 1857 | 3 years | November 7, 1859 | Larceny |
| Peterter Robinson | Jun 1858 | 2 years | November 7, 1859 | |
| Norton Patterson & William Yost | Jun 1857 | 3 years | January 20, 1860 | Larceny |
| Oliver P. Wolcott | Sep 1857 | 3 years | January 20, 1860 | Grand larceny |
| Jacob Hamilton | Jun 1858 | 4 years | January 24, 1860 | Burglary & larceny |
| Henry W. Cronkite | Dec 1858 | 5 years | Feb 17, 1860 | Larceny |
| William Simmons | June 1860 | 4 years | Feb 17, 1860 | Rape |
| Benjamin Oldfield | Feb 1859 | 3 1/2 years | Mar 23, 1860 | Larceny |
| Alligense B. Monroe | Oct 1857 | 5 years | Mar 26, 1860 | Perjury |
| E.F. Gilbert | Sep 1858 | 2 years | Apr 6, 1860 | Assisting persons to break jail |
| Rachel Decker | Aug 1858 | 3 years | Apr 25, 1860 | Arson |
| Isaac Burgher | Jun 1858 | 6? years | Apr 30, 1860 | Larceny |
| Mary O. Donnell | Jul 1859 | 1 year | Apr 30, 1860 | Larceny |
| John W. Barnes | Mar 1858 | 10 years | April 30, 1860 | Having counterfeit money in possession with intent to pass |
| Henry Reinhart | Jun 1857 | 7 years | May 8, 1860 | Larceny |
| Peter Shaw | Mar 1852 | 10 years | May 11, 1860 | Burglary |
| James Reed | Oct 1858 | 2 years | Jun 6, 1860 | Burglary |
| John Braden | Jun 1857 | 7 years | Jun 9, 1860 | Burglary |
| Thomas Robinson | Feb 1859 | 3 years | Jun 19, 1860 | Passing counterfeit bank bills |
| William Gleason | Dec 1856 | 7 years | Jun 25, 1860 | Murder in the second degree |
| Warren M. Owen | Dec 1856 | 5 years | Jun 27, 1860 | Manslaughter |
| Henry Kent | Sep 1859 | 2 years | July 4, 1860 | Larceny |
| Michael Quick | Jun 1859 | 2 years | July 5, 1860 | Burglary |
| Nelson W. Sheppard | 1 1/2 years | Jul 5, 1860 | Burglary | |
| Edward English | Oct 1857 | 5 years | Jul 29, 1860 | Highway robbery |
| Alexander Officer | Jan 1859 | Aug 2, 1860 | Burglary | |
| Charles Gaminski | Jul 1860 | Aug 4, 1860 | Assault & battery | |
| Bradford Reynolds | Mar 1860 | 2 years | Aug 14, 1860 | Burglary |
| John B. Scott | Feb 1860 | 3 years | Aug 24, 1860 | Bigamy |
| Ann Welch | Nov 1859 | 3 years | Sep 2, 1860 | Larceny |
| Peter Reasoner | Jun 1857 | 4 years | Sep 8, 1860 | Passing counterfeit money |
| Henry Bailey | Apr 1857 | 5 years | Sep 18, 1860 | Larceny |
| Darius N. Keep | Sep 1860 | Sep 22, 1860 | Larceny | |
| George Anderson | Mar 1859 | 5 years | Oct 1, 1860 | Larceny |
| Charles Calkins | Apr 1857 | 20 years | Oct 20, 1860 | Assault with intent to kill |
| John Doephinger | Jan 1860 | 2 1/2 years | Nov 14, 1860 | Larceny |
| C.H. Sadler | May 1869 | 3 years | Nov 16, 1860 | Having in possession counterfeit money with intent to pass |
| Samuel Scott | Dec 1858 | 5 years | Nov 26, 1860 | Shooting one McDonald |
| Allen R. Walker | 1860 | 4 months | Nov 29, 1860 | Assault & battery |
| William Antrim | Dec 1859 | 2 years | Dec 1, 1860 | Larceny |
| Robert H. Monroe | Sep 1859 | 8 years | Dec 8, 1860 | Passed a forged check knowingly |
| Francis Luner | Jul 1856 | Natural Life | Dec 14, 1860 | Burglary |
| Samuel Totten | Aug 1859 | 4 years | Dec 21, 1860 | Larceny |