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- GLC#
- GLC03579.01
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- January 2, 1912
- Author/Creator
- Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
- Title
- [Presidential commutation of sentence of Robert Sawyer, convicted of murder and sentenced to death, 10 November 1905]
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 38.4 cm, Width: 50 cm
- Primary time period
- Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
- Sub-Era
- The Politics of Reform
Sawyer had been convicted of murder on the high seas in the U.S. Circuit Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He was originally sentenced to death, but that sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. Taft commuted his sentence so it would expire immediately. No reason was given for commutation. Countersigned by J.A. Fowler as Acting Attorney General. This is a printed document with blanks filled in by hand. Accompanied by red paper seal.
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