Senate Unpassed Legislation 1859, leave to withdraw, SC1/series 231, Petition of Lysander Spooner

Petition subject: For the right of juries to fix the sentences in all criminal cases to be restored Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858623 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Benjamin F. Butler, Middlesex Selected signatures:Lysander SpoonerDaniel MannJoseph J. LockeWilliam C. NellJacob LeonardSamuel May Jr.James M.W. YerrintonFrancis JacksonJohn S. RockAustin BearseCharles C. MeadRobert R. CrosbyHenry J. PrentissRobert F. WallcutDaniel ThaxterJonas W. ClarkGeorge L. RuffinJohn B. BaileyLoring MoodyThomas B. RiceJohn T. SargentThomas P. KnoxCharles BuffumHoratio JenkinsJohn C. Haynes Actions taken on dates: 1859-02-05 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on February 5, 1859 Total signatures: 50 Legislative action summary: Received Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 50 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [These two petitions appear to be mislabelled, based lead petitioner on the signatures]; [William C. Nell was the first signature on this one, but his signature was moved] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1859, leave to withdraw Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.