04 November 1858
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Pardon of Charles Barrett, convicted of murder.
Convicted of murder; sentenced to death. Sentence commuted due to Barrett's youth, and because the crime was unintentional, not premeditated, and was done in "...a moment perpetrated under the maddening effects of intoxicating liquor...". (c/s Lewis...
GLC00068.08