Pardons, Commutations and Remissions
Cerro Gordo County 13 Jan 1878

Report of Pardons
NameDateDescription
Campbell, Arden24 May 1877Committed October 22, 1874, from Cerro Gordo county, for two y ears for larceny. Recommended by district-judge district-attorney, and eifhty-five citizens of Cerro Gordo county, including county officers and the person from whom the money was stolen.
Parkhurst, J. D.24 Dec 1877Committed from Cerro Gordo county, February 22, 1876, for the term of two years, for the crime of obtaining money under false pretenses. Pardoned fifty-two days before the expiration of the term.
Wright, Henry22 Aug 1877Committed from Cerro Gordo county, February 27, 1877, for the term of six months for the crime of larceny, Pardoned three days before expiration of term.

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Source: The Governor. Special Message of the Governor of Iowa to the Seventeenth General Assembly, Communicating Report of Pardons and Remissions, January 13, 1878. Des Moines, Iowa. R. P. Clarkson, State Printer. 1878.
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