Name

Date

Sentenced

County

Crime

Term

Prison

Comment

Plunkett, Richard

11/25/1879

11/27/1878

New York

grand larceny

2 years

New York County Penitentiary

Commuted to 1 year, from 11/27/1878, actual service

Read, Robert L

12/23/1878

9/1/1873

Queens

robbery

20 years

Clinton

Sentence commuted to 8 years, subject to the legal deduction for good conduct

Reeves, Hiram

8/3/1878

2/18/1876

Jefferson

forgery, 3rd degree

5 years

Auburn

Sentence commuted to 2 years & 6 months' actual service

Reynolds, Stephen

10/6/1879

10/3/18777

Oneida

burglary, 3rd degree

3 years

Auburn

Commuted to 2 years & 6 months, from 10/3/1877, subject to the legal deduction

Rice, Clarence M

10/7/1878

10/12/1876

Chautauqua

forgery

4 years

Auburn

Sentence commuted to 2 years' actual service

Roberts, John S & James Vondrey or Vouchey

7/22/1879

7/7/1879

Washington

malicious mischief

4 months

Albany County Penitentiary

Sentence of each commuted to 15 days, from 7/7/1879, actual service

Rogers, Michael

12/5/1878

6/6/1872

New York

robbery

20 years

Sing Sing

Sentence commuted to 10 years, subject to the legal deduction for good conduct

Romberg, Edward

7/16/1878

9/19/1877

Kings

burglary, 3rd degree & grand larceny

2 years

Kings County Penitentiary

Sentence commuted to 1 year, subject to the legal deduction for good conduct

Ross, Frank B

8/1/1877

5/14/1876

New York

forgery

3 years

Sing Sing

Sentence commuted to 1 year & 6 months, subject to the legal deduction for good conduct

Rowland, Daniel

12/15/1879

3/22/1878

Otsego

rape

6 years

Auburn

Commuted to 1 year & 9 months, form 3/22/1878, actual service

Rush, Decker (Colored)

9/19/18_8

9/22/1876

New York

assault to rape

5 years

Sing Sing

Sentence commuted to 2 year's actual service

Ryan, Thomas

12/15/1879

6/27/1877

New York

murder, 2nd degree

life

Sing Sing

Commuted to 3 years & 3 months, form 6/27/1877, subject to the legal deduction

Salmons, Samuel C

12/12/1878

12/14/1876

New York

bigamy

5 years

Sing Sing

Sentence commuted to 2 years & 6 months, subject to the legal deduction for good conduct

Schuster, George

5/22/1878

5/21/1877

New York

assault to harm

5 years

Sing Sing

Sentence commuted to 1 year actual service

Sherman, George W

12/2/1878

9/2/1878

Wayne

assault & battery

6 months & fined $50

Monroe County Penitentiary

Sentence commuted to 3 months' actual service

Simonds, James

9/12/1878

9/14/1876

New York

grand larceny

5 years

Sing Sing; transferred to Auburn

Sentence commuted to 2 years & 6 months, subject to the legal deduction for good conduct

Singer, Moses

8/1/1879

12/4/1877

New York

assault to rape

5 years

Sing Sing

Commuted to 2 years, form 12/4/1877, subject to the legal deduction

Skelly, Benjamin

9/1/1879

3/3/1877

Washington

arson

7 years

Clinton; transferred to Sing Sing

Commuted to 2 years & 6 months, from 3/3/1877, actual service

Smith, Allen alias John Phillips

9/23/1878

9/26/1876

Kings

grand larceny

5 years

Kings County Penitentiary

Sentence commuted to 2 years & 6 months, with legal deduction

Smith, George (colored)

2/1/1879

2/15/1870

New York

burglary, 1st degree

20 years

Sing Sing

Commuted to 15 years & 8 months from 2/15/1870, subject to the legal deduction

Smith, James J

2/4/1878

3/29/1877

New York

grand larceny

2 years

New York County Penitentiary

Sentence commuted to 1 year, subject to the legal deduction for good conduct

Sparks, Elijah

12/10/1879

12/13/1876

Orange

grand larceny

5 years

Sing Sing; transferred to Auburn

Commuted to 4 years, from 12/13/1876, with deduction

Stearns, Charles F

9/12/1878

2/15/1875

New York

forgery, 3rd degree (2 indictments

8 years

Sing Sing

Sentence commuted to 5 years, subject to the legal deduction for good conduct