12 April 2020

Crime, Punishment and Pardons in California 1861




The Journal of the Assembly During the Thirteenth Session of the Legislature of the State of California for 1862


LIST OF PARDONS GRANTED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY GOVERNOR JOHN G. DOWNEY 1861

John Daniels - El Dorado County - burglary - 1 yr
Charles C. Glenn - Yuba County - assault to rape - 14 yrs
Thomas McCauley - Tuolumne County - manslaughter - 9 yrs
Alexander Griffin - Nevada County - murder 2nd degree - 15 yrs
Michael McGee - Nevada County - murder 2nd degree - 10 yrs
Christian Brunner - Sonoma County - murder 2nd degree - 11 yrs
Chester C. Bowker - El Dorado County - manslaughter - 5 yrs
Louis Strehtz - Sacramento County - assault to kill - 5 yrs
James Kenney - San Francisco County - burglary - 8 yrs
John O'Brien - San Francisco County - burglary - 8 yrs
Lafayette Cholser - Mariposa County - manslaughter - 5 yrs
Isaac Lipstane - Placer County - grand larceny - 5 yrs
G. F. Seely - Butte County - assault to murder - 1 yr
Frank Ward - Sonoma County - grand larceny - 10 yrs
William S. Brown - Sonoma County - grand larceny - 10 yrs
Augustus Stoltz - Calaveras County - murder 2nd degree - 10 yrs
Frederick Phelps - San Diego County - grand larceny - 2 yrs
John Gardner - Nevada County - crime against nature - 10 yrs 
Philander Loomis - Yuba County - grand larceny - 2 yr
William F. Hobson - Sacramento County - assault to murder - 2 yrs
Thomas Grabildi - San Francisco County - murder 2nd degree - 15 yrs
Ah Poth - Alameda County - murder 1st degree - death 
Juan Valenzuela - Santa Clara County - grand larceny - 10 yrs
William Wilson - San Francisco County - attempt to kidnap - 2 yrs
Juan Bernal - Santa Clara County - rape - 10 yrs
Cherino Revera - San Joaquin County - grand larceny - 10 yrs
Juhen M. Avery - Sacramento County - burglary - 1 yr
John Collins - Marin County - assault to murder - 8 yrs
Michael Henley - Sacramento County - assault with intent to do bodily injury - 1 yr
James Allen - Napa County - murder 2nd degree - 21 yrs
Domingo (Indian) - Santa Barbara County - murder - 10 yrs
James Mulholland - Sierra County - murder 2nd degree - 10 yrs
L. Grace - Mariposa County - assault with a deadly weapon - 3 yrs
Henrique Welch - Contra Costa County - assault with a deadly weapon to inflict great bodily injury, etc. - 1 1/2 yrs
Ho Fung - Nevada County - burglary - 3 yrs
Edward Crough alias Henderson - Placer County - manslaughter - 10 yrs

PARDONS FROM COUNTY JAILS

Hilario Sohs - Tuolumne County - gaming - $100 fine, $79.25 costs
James Gallagher - Sacramento County - petty larceny - 450 days or $900 fine
Daniel McLaughlin - Butte County - assault and battery - 3 months and a $200 fine
Francisco de Avalos - San Francisco County - bigamy - 2 yrs county jail
Reese Jenkins - Sacramento County - assault and battery - $100 fine or 50 days

INSANE CONVICTS SENT FROM STATE PRISON TO STATE INSANE ASYLUM

Joseph Chauncey - Trinity County - grand larceny 4 yrs

RESPITES

Michael Hargain - San Francisco County - murder - death - execution delayed until 28 Apr 1861
Armanda Cardinez - Plumas County - murder - death - execution delayed until 27 Sep 1861
Michael Escabosa - Yuba County - murder - death - execution delayed until 14 Feb 1862

COMMUTATIONS

Jesus Bealoba - Calaveras County - murder - death - 18 Mar 1860 life in prison
William Price - Sacramento County - murder - death - 25 Apr 1861 life in prison
Michael Hargain - San Francisco County - murder - death - 23 Jul 1861 life in prison

RESTORATION TO CITIZENSHIP

John Coleman - Butte County - manslaughter - 1 yr - 10 Jan 1861
George F. Wyman - San Mateo County - manslaughter - 1 yr - 31 Jan 1861
James B. Clark - San Francisco County - grand larceny - 5 yrs - 7 Feb 1861
Elijah Woodward - San Francisco County - assault with intent to commit rape - 2 yrs - 5 Mar 1861
Leonard L. Tuffts - San Francisco County - forgery - 7 yrs - 6 Mar 1861
James Skelton - Yuba County - forgery - 1 yr - 11 Mar 1861
Philip Leggett - Santa Cruz County - assault with a deadly weapon - 1 yr and $500 fine - 4 Apr 1861
Peter Nicholas - Tuolumne County - murder - 7 yrs - 4 Apr 1861
John Kean - Napa County - forgery - 1 yr - 19 Apr 1861
Edward R. Jones - El Dorado County - assault to murder - 1 yr - 11 Jul 1861
Daniel Dooling - Nevada County - assault with intent to do bodily injury - 150 days or $300 fine - 25 Jul 1861
Juan Jose Chapman - Los Angeles County - assault to murder - 1 yr - 9 Oct 1861
Andrew McNeely - El Dorado County - assault with a deadly weapon - 6 mo - 9 Oct 1861
John E. Haught - San Luis Obispo County - assault with a deadly weapon - 6 mo - 19 Nov 1861

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