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Charles Allison was a prisoner incarcerated during Warden C. P. Hoyt's tenure. The penitentiary record is the courtesy of the Colorado State Archives. The photograph is from the Local History Center, Caņon City Public Library.

Prisoner #: 646
When convicted: October 21, 1881
When received: October 22, 1881
Crime: Robbery
Sentence: 10, 8, 5, 14 (Total 37 years); September 21, 1890, commuted to 15 years by Governor Smith
County sent from: Conejos
Date of birth:
Age: 30
Height: 5' 71/4"
Weight
Complexion: Dark
Color of eyes: Grey
Color of hair: Brown
Occupation: R.R. Engineer
Education:
Where born: VA
Name of parents: Both dead
Married or single: Single
Name of wife or husband and where living:
Reads: Yes
Writes: Yes
Temperate:
Discharged: September 21, 1890
Paroled:
Comments: Small cut on forehead above right eye; scar on tip of finger of left hand, caused by fellow; Gunshot wound below left groin and on inside of thigh, and one above the knee, and two on back of leg (all on left leg)


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