Max Mason. Application No. 5702. Letter from Mason M. Forbes to Secretary of the Board of Pardons, January 2, 1923.
Type of event: Incarcerations
Location: Minnesota; United States
Addressee: Secretary of the Board of Pardons
Addressor: Mason M. Forbes
Document date:
Document type: Correspondence
Citation:
Minnesota. Board of Pardons.
Max Mason: Application No. 5702.
Pardon Applications.
File nos. 5702, 1922-1924.
Correspondence.
Letter from Mason M. Forbes to Secretary of the Board of Pardons, January 2, 1923.
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WARREN E. GREENE OFFICE OF MASON M.
FORBES,
COUNTY ATTORNEY COUNTY
ATTORNEY FIRST
ASSISTANT
DULUTH, MINN. COUNTY OF ST.
LOUIS DULUTH, MINN.
COURT
HOUSE PHILLIP M. STONE,
DULUTH,
MINNESOTA SECOND ASSISTANT.
HIBBING,
MINN.
HARRY E.
BOYLE,
THIRD
ASSISTANT
January 2nd,
1923. DULUTH, MINN.
CARL A.
ONKKA,
FOURTH
ASSISTANT
VIRGINIA,
MINN.
Bertha Wolff,
Secretary,
Board of Pardons,
State Capitol,
St. Paul,
Minn.
Dear madam:-
Answering yours in re MAX MASON, pardon
file #5702,
beg to say that we have no recommendation to make
either for or against the exercise of clemency in this case.
The defendant was rather unfortunate in that he was the
only men of the colored men involved who was convicted.
Personally I never was of the impression that the evidence
was any too strong in his case, and if he had been a white
man I an (sic) rather doubtful if he would have been
convicted.
Yours very truly,
Mason M.
Forbes
MASON M. FORBES
County Attorney
MMF/B