The Innocents (1964)
by Edward D. Radin

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Arthur F. Emery
 

Arthur F. Emery, nineteen, was standing on a street in downtown Seattle when a passing bus driver called police and said he was the man who had held him up several days earlier. After Emery had served nine months, a prisoner under arrest in Colorado admitted the crime and in his detailed confession even told where he had hidden the bus driver's money changer. Emery was released in January, 1954, and the state legislature voted him $13,000 to cover his false imprisonment and the cost of attorney's fees. At his trial both his father and mother had testified that he had been home asleep at the time of the crime.

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ARTHUR EMERY, Seattle, Washington
Trial, June, 1953, Superior Court; convicted by jury, armed robbery; sentence, 5 to 20 years. Pardoned by Governor Arthur Langlie, January, 1954. Imprisoned 7 months. Actual culprit confessed. Compensation, state legislature, $13,000.