Convict Description and Receiving Dockets (PA) 1872-1957

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Convict description and receiving dockets for Western State Penitentiary. Information provided is sequential number assigned for the year, inmate number, name of inmate, race, county where sentenced, crime for which sentenced, date sentenced, date sentence commenced, calculated maximum and minimum sentence imposed, and such remarks as whether inmate was on detainer, parole violator, transferred, or returned from escape. Images are arranged chronologically by date of entry. This collection is part of the Department of Justice which administers the state correctional institutions for the Commonwealth.

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Western State Penitentiary: Convict Description and Receiving Dockets (Roll 405)