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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00230.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Presidential Pardons |
| Title | Presidential pardon to restore Robert E. Hicks' civil rights, convicted 29 May 1903 of mailing abortion-related materials and sentenced to ten months |
| Date | 06 June 1927 |
| Author | Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933) |
| Document Type | Government document; Legal document |
| Content Description | Hicks was convicted of sending "unmailable matter" (i.e., abortion materials, possibly a violation of the Comstock Law) through the mail by the U.S. District Court of Southern New York. He was sentenced to ten months in Kings County Penitentiary, Brooklyn, New York and to pay a $1,000 fine. He fled the country, but returned in 1915 to serve his sentence. Wilson commuted his sentence (see also GLC 230.06) and Coolidge pardons him to restore his civil rights because "since his release he has conducted himself in an exemplary manner." Countersigned by William D. Mitchell. Printed document with blanks filled in with type. |
| Subjects | President Women's History Abortion Pardon Law Criminals and Outlaws Health and Medical Civil Rights |
| People | Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933) Mitchell, William DeWitt (1874-1955) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The Presidency; Law; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |