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       Robillard-Odell: IN THE MATTER OF APPLICATION FOR THE PARDON OF
       "AMER BEN ALI" ALIAS FRENCHY.
   DIR By: HowBrown1953
       Date: July 17, 2025, 6:53 am
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       Unfortunately, I can't provide the date for the following
       document, but it was written and submitted in 1901.
       In looking over material related to Ovide Robillard, attorney
       and leader of the pardon campaigns, I came
       across this letter sent to Governor Benjamin Odell with brief
       outlines of what the various affiants brought
       to the table.  I thought I had added this document back in 2023,
       but it appears I didn't. I'm sorry for
       the oversight.
       A few comments about the content:
       1. Prior to this letter, the expressed desire of the pardon
       campaign(s) was that they did not dispute the verdict,
       rather they aimed to obtain a pardon for Ali and that they would
       foot the bill for his trip out of the country
       and back to Algeria.
       However, in this letter, Robillard lets his hair down and
       brings up the criticisms of the verdict which he states
       had existed from the very beginning.
       2. Robillard writes:
       It is submitted that the affidavits of Mr. Damon
       and Mr. Brennan show that a person whose appearancе
       agreed with the published descriptions of Shakespeare's
       companion, has been found, and that such person was not
       Frenchy.
       A minor point, perhaps, but Brennan never states that he saw the
       farmhand, nor does he
       mention anything about the farmhand in his affidavit. The odds
       are that he had never seen
       him before.
       
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