Where was John Surratt on April 14, 1865 ?

[JMadonna]

(01-18-2018 05:29 AM)John Fazio Wrote:  Jerry:

If there were no evidence that Mrs. Surratt knew of the murder, she would not have been convicted. Defendants are not convicted when there is no evidence against them.
John

John,
You are of course aware that the majority of the commission DID NOT convict Mrs. Surratt on their first ballot. At that time a deal was made by Stanton that if they voted for conviction, Andrew Johnson would pardon her. (Talk about jury tampering!)

Johnson did not keep up his end of the deal and she went to the gallows the next day.

Juries as you know, do not always convict on evidence. In this case politics played a large part.

So please stop trying to convince me based on the evidence presented at the trial and the opinions of military commissioners who worked under the Secretary of War. There was no direct evidence and doubt was not only reasonable but overwhelming.