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(POun EDGAR HOO CER maictor yt iL S. Burress: nf Srvestigntter Bepartmen: of Justice ee K.-- ast, ngicn, D.C. " aN / . We /are July %, 1933 ~ a prs DET TTI weenst ae MDOT AN Jad FOR Tif DIRECTOR JUL 2.2 ll: FM. a Lad er. Edearté several days ago called te ay attmti a letter received from Raynzond Benjamin, an attormey ia the Snorehes Pullding, dated Fane 7, 1933, requesting tie returm of tae fingerprints and pi.otograph of GEORGE C. STEPUDIS, convicted in the Southern Mstrict of Califorale ender the Mets Freud Stabite in 1929, Mr, Renianalin etating that innsmech — de SS ee ee ere, AE SS ee ee = ‘“ as Wr. Stepnena Lad beer grented a full perdon by the President 7 he felt that Phaphens wa: titled the return of these ¥ records. N Tt anpenre’ that on receipt of this letter a sencrendwm N wes aldiresze’ to the Crininal Division of the Derartant sexing an opinimn ae t the necessity for eomplying wita tile 20 revuest, and under date of June Li, 1933 a senorendua wes . received ie the Bureau from Ir, Parrish, Acting Head of the inal Divistom, stating that in wiew of the fact that 5 z] had ruled that * réon reeches toth the pas! t prescribed for the ° fense and the guilt of the offender; and when the parton 1s full, it relerses the punishaent ai? blote out of existence the gullt, eo that in t.¢ aye of the iav the offender is as inaceemt as if he had never conitted the offense® 46 appears as though there would now be fo suttorily to potain Che fingerprints and piotograp: taken of SEteprens. '‘ Sowever, ir. Po Parrish stated that before the fingerprints ad H pactograp gots sort Meat! cn af the sawinn ahold he 'y gbtained £ fren om te Pardon Attorney! t's “affioe. Thereupon ea eenorendume ae “ ae. was directed to the Pardon Attoracy, who atvised wider date of Lee ee -2° Gane 2, 19393 Ghet the records indicsted that the President on " February 9, 1933, granted to George C. Stephens « full od wpronditional pardon for the purpose af restoring bls civil Fights, effective wpon the expiration of his sentence, May I, $ 1933, and resitted aie fine. ’ eee ee The