Commutation of Sentence

Title

Commutation of Sentence

Creator

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Identifier

WWP15059

Date

1920 March 6

Description

Woodrow Wilson grants Charles Manfri an official commutation of sentence.

Source

Gilder Lehrman Collection, New York Historical Society, New York

Text

Now, therefore, be it known, that I, WOODROW WILSON , President of the United States of America, in consideration of the promises, divers other good and sufficient reasons me thereunto moving, do hereby commute the sentence of the said Charles Manfri, alias Charles Mansfield, to expire April third, 1920.In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and caused the seal of the Department of Justice to be affixed.
Done at the District of Columbia this sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty, and of the Independence of the United States, the One Hundred and Forty-fourth.
By the President:
Attorney General.

Original Format

Certificate

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/GLC01622.pdf

Tags

Citation

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Commutation of Sentence,” 1920 March 6, WWP15059, Gilder-Lehrman Institute for American History Woodrow Wilson Documents, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.