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=== Certificates of Freedom === | === Certificates of Freedom === | ||
A '''certificate of freedom''' was a document stating that a '''convict's sentence had been served''' and was usually given to convicts with a 7, 10 or 14 year sentence or when they received a pardon. | *A '''certificate of freedom''' was a document stating that a '''convict's sentence had been served''' and was usually given to convicts with a 7, 10 or 14 year sentence or when they received a pardon. | ||
*Convicts with a '''life sentence''' could receive a Pardon, but not a Certificate of Freedom. | *Convicts with a '''life sentence''' could receive a Pardon, but not a Certificate of Freedom. | ||
*The Certificate of Freedom number was sometimes '''annotated on the indent or noted on a Ticket of Leave Butt.''' | *The Certificate of Freedom number was sometimes '''annotated on the indent or noted on a Ticket of Leave Butt.''' | ||