Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Court.....Grizzard, pardon, 1894 

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C.P. GRIZZARD, pardon, 19 Nov 1894 (1896) 
   killed registrar Copeland BARDEN [BARTON], 28 Oct 1893; 
   convicted of murder in the second degree, Southampton Co. court, Jun 1894; 
   sentenced to ten years imprisonment 


ABSOLUTE PARDONS
Transmitted to the General Assembly
by Charles T. O'Ferrall,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia
January 1, 1896

printed in:
JOURNAL OF THE SENATE
OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
Wednesday, December 4, 1895
Senate Doc. No. 4, p. 8

&
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES
OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
FOR THE SESSION OF 1895-96
House Doc. No. 2, p. 9

(both sources' identical text)

C. P. Grizzard.  Convicted in the Southampton county court, June, 1894, of 
murder in the second degree, and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. 
Pardoned November 19th, 1894.  The provocation in this case was very great, 
and in my opinion the act was committed when the prisoner had every reason 
to fear serious bodily harm.  He had borne a good character.  In the opinion 
of a large number of citizens in Southampton, the punishment fixed by the 
jury was very excessive.  They recommend his pardon, and the judge, 
commonwealth's attorney, sheriff, clerk, and committing justice, do likewise.


Additional information: 

The murder was reported in at least 3 newspapers - 
   "Alexandria (VA) Gazette," Oct. 31, 1893, p. 2, col. 3; 
   "The Richmond (VA) Dispatch," Nov. 1, 1893, p. 4, col. 2; 
   "The Roanoke (VA) Times," Nov. 1, 1893, p. 1, col. 6 
   Transcriptions of the articles are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/news/11011893ag.txt 

It is unclear if the assailant is identical with Cader Price GRIZZARD, 
   whose obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 28, 1921, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g626c2ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Allen Story, and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/court/g626c2pd.txt