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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08152 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1930s |
| Title | Pardon of John Nicholas for transporting a stolen vehicle |
| Date | 26 May 1939 |
| Author | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) (1882-1945) |
| Document Type | Government document; Legal document |
| Content Description | Countersigned by Acting Attorney General James W. Morris. Nicholas, an alien, transported a stolen car across state lines and was sentenced to 2 years in prison on 18 April 1924. He served eight months at the Missouri Reformatory, Booneville, Missouri. Released on parole 17 February 1925. Roosevelt pardoned him so that Nicholas could avoid deportation, which would separate him from his American wife and family. |
| Subjects | Immigration and Migration President Pardon Government and Civics Prisoner Law |
| People | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) (1882-1945) Morris, James W. (James Ward) (b. 1890) Nicholas, John (fl. 1939) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Law; The Presidency |
| 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 |