Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from E. E. Ballough to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. [Transcript].

Type of event: Incarcerations

Location: Minnesota; United States

Addressee: Board of Pardons

Addressor: E. E. Ballough

Citation:

Minnesota. Board of Pardons.
Gilbert Henry Stephenson: Application No. 5151.
Pardon Application. File no. 5151, 1921
Correspondence
Letter from E. E. Ballough to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921 [Transcript].

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Duluth, Minnesota
March 2, 1921.

To The Board of Pardons of the State of Minnesota,

Gentlemen:
Believing that an unjust verdict was arrived at, and that he is being unjustly imprisoned, I wish to call your attention to the case of Gilbert H. Stephenson, lately sentenced to a term of not more than five years in Stillwater, for an alleged participation in a riot in this city the fifteenth of last June.
That he did not commit or intend to commit any offense, but was only a bystander is the opinion of ninety percent of the people of St. Louis County.
I therefor (sic) ask that your honorable body grant him an unconditional pardon.
Respectfully yours,

E. E. Ballough