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Domestic News
October 9, 1899
Daily Inter Mountain
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
What is this article about?
Major General Otis pardons Filipino prisoner Domingo Magno for saving an American soldier's life during the February attack on Manila, despite Magno's 1897 Spanish sentence for robbery.
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A Filipino Pardoned.
New York, Oct. 9.-A special to the Herald from Washington says: For saving the life of an American soldier, Major General Otis has granted a full pardon to Domingo Magno, a Filipino prisoner who was sentenced by a Spanish court in 1897 to penal servitude for six years for robbery. Magno suffered confinement for the alleged offense for four years prior to his trial and conviction. During the attack on Manila last February Domingo Magno, a Filipino prisoner saved the life of an American soldier and the provost marshal general reported that the prisoner had displayed good conduct during the time he had been under surveillance by Americans.
New York, Oct. 9.-A special to the Herald from Washington says: For saving the life of an American soldier, Major General Otis has granted a full pardon to Domingo Magno, a Filipino prisoner who was sentenced by a Spanish court in 1897 to penal servitude for six years for robbery. Magno suffered confinement for the alleged offense for four years prior to his trial and conviction. During the attack on Manila last February Domingo Magno, a Filipino prisoner saved the life of an American soldier and the provost marshal general reported that the prisoner had displayed good conduct during the time he had been under surveillance by Americans.
What sub-type of article is it?
Legal Or Court
What keywords are associated?
Filipino Pardon
Domingo Magno
Manila Attack
Major General Otis
American Soldier Saved
What entities or persons were involved?
Domingo Magno
Major General Otis
Where did it happen?
Manila
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Manila
Event Date
Oct. 9
Key Persons
Domingo Magno
Major General Otis
Outcome
full pardon granted
Event Details
Domingo Magno, sentenced in 1897 by a Spanish court to six years penal servitude for robbery and confined four years prior, saved an American soldier's life during the attack on Manila last February and displayed good conduct under American surveillance, leading Major General Otis to grant him a full pardon.