Partly-printed DS, signed “John F. Kennedy" as president and "Robert F. Kennedy" as attorney general, one page both sides, 9 x 13.5, August 14, 1963. Commutation document issued to Jim Bean Cogsdell, who had been convicted on charges related to the sale and distribution of narcotics. In part: "Jim Bean Cogsdell was convicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on an indictment (No. 3003), charging violations of Section 4704(a) and Section 4705(a), Title 26, United States Code, and on July twenty-second, 1959, a sentence of ten years' imprisonment was imposed."
The document goes on to outline further sentences imposed upon Cogsdell, concluding: "Whereas it has been made to appear that the ends of justice do not require that the aforesaid sentences be served in their entirety: Now, therefore, be it known, that I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, divers other good and sufficient reasons me thereunto moving, do hereby commute the sentences of the said Jim Bean Cogsdell to a term of seven years' imprisonment." Boldly signed at the conclusion by President John F. Kennedy and countersigned by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. The gold foil Department of Justice seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. In very good to fine condition, with creasing, soiling, three horizontal folds, and a small stain touching JFK's last name. JFK/RFK dual-signed pardons or commutations are quite scarce—we have offered only two similar examples.
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