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Domestic News
November 2, 1918
Newport Daily Independent
Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas
What is this article about?
Arkansas Governor pardons young man Ed Lowry from Garland County, who was sentenced to one year in prison for manufacturing liquor based on circumstantial evidence. Lowry, with a clean record and family, provided reasonable explanations of innocence.
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YOUNG MAN PARDONED.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 2.-Because the evidence upon which he was convicted was almost wholly circumstantial, the governor has pardoned Ed Lowry, of Garland county, who had been sentenced to one year imprisonment on a charge of manufacturing liquor. No witnesses were produced to give direct testimony as to the commission of the offense. The governor considered that the explanations offered by the defendant and his witnesses were so reasonable and consistent with his innocence. Lowry is a young man with a wife and infant children. He had never before been charged with any offense, and his reputation for honesty and sobriety had heretofore been above reproach.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 2.-Because the evidence upon which he was convicted was almost wholly circumstantial, the governor has pardoned Ed Lowry, of Garland county, who had been sentenced to one year imprisonment on a charge of manufacturing liquor. No witnesses were produced to give direct testimony as to the commission of the offense. The governor considered that the explanations offered by the defendant and his witnesses were so reasonable and consistent with his innocence. Lowry is a young man with a wife and infant children. He had never before been charged with any offense, and his reputation for honesty and sobriety had heretofore been above reproach.
What sub-type of article is it?
Legal Or Court
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Pardon
Ed Lowry
Manufacturing Liquor
Garland County
Circumstantial Evidence
What entities or persons were involved?
Ed Lowry
Where did it happen?
Garland County
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Garland County
Event Date
Nov. 2
Key Persons
Ed Lowry
Outcome
pardoned and released from one-year imprisonment sentence
Event Details
Governor pardoned Ed Lowry due to circumstantial evidence in his conviction for manufacturing liquor; no direct testimony; defendant's explanations deemed reasonable and consistent with innocence; Lowry has clean prior record and family