
Good news! Through the efforts of House Representative Victor Gaston and Senator Chris Elliott HB 104 has been passed unanimously and Governor Ivey signed it into law. I made an application for a posthumous pardon to the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles in Montgomery, Alabama and the matter is being pursued. The Lede online magazine published a long article regarding this on April 16.
The Mock Trial of Charles R. S. Boyington (November 1834) Saturday & Sunday, November 5 & 6, 2022, 2 p.m. at the Conde-Charlotte Museum House Courtyard, 104 Theatre St. (Mobile's first courthouse and jail, where Charles R. S. Boyington was incarcerated). A play based on the book Boyington Oak: A Grave Injustice by Mary S. Palmer. The author will be available to sign books prior to and after the play. Price of book: $20. Event flyer
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Alabama Speaker Pro Tem Victor Gaston has succeeded in getting House Bill 104 passed by the House of Representatives with no dissensions. Next, Senator Chris Elliott will present it to the house. The revisions in this bill would allow Boyington to be eligible for a posthumous pardon. https://selti.org/2022/02/27/2nd-annual-boyington-oak-festival-planned-for-may-and-a-criminal-pardon-may-be-in-the-works-for-the-main-character/
Through the Historic Mobile Preservation Society, a grant has been awarded to preserve the Boyington Collection by Americana Corner.
In 1834, unqualified jurors and circumstantial evidence determined the fate of journeyman printer, poet, and musician, Charles Boyington, a nineteen-year-old hanged for the murder of his critically ill best friend. As he predicted would happen to prove his innocence, an oak tree grew from his gravesite in Mobile, Alabama. It still stands 185 years later.
Boyington Oak: A Grave Injustice was released in late November 2019. It took extensive research but I dug out lots of new information. Article.
Boyington Oak video
TV interview with Mary!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4uEkftv_v8
Another TV interview with Mary:
wkrg.com/local-news/a-nearly-two-hundred-year-old-mobile-murder-mystery/