Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 [Pardon of John Litzer, David Frank, William Schmidt, Herman Julius and Charles Hoffman for rape].

GLC00045.16

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GLC#
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Type
Documents
Date
March 20, 1860
Author/Creator
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Title
[Pardon of John Litzer, David Frank, William Schmidt, Herman Julius and Charles Hoffman for rape].
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 40 cm, Width: 27 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Countersigned by Secretary of State Lewis Cass. The men were sentenced in March, 1858. Pardoned by Buchanan for insufficient evidence after a petition was presented to him stating that Victoria Fugleman, who had said the men had raped her, had recanted her testimony.

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