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Leonard Sargeant (March 17, 1793–June 18, 1880) was a Vermont politician and lawyer who served as Lieutenant Governor for two years. ==Early life== Sargeant was born in Dorset, Vermont on March 17, 1793. He studied law and became an attorney in Manchester, practicing with Richard Skinner. Sargeant was also a farmer and served as Vice President of the Vermont Agricultural Society.〔(Magazine article, Vermont Agricultural and Horticultural Society ), The School Journal and Vermont Agriculturist, December, 1847, page 121〕 He was active in the Whig party, and served in numerous offices including Probate Judge, State's Attorney, Postmaster and Justice of the Peace.〔(Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont ), published by Vermont General Assembly, 1842, page 7〕 He was a member of the Vermont Council of Censors in 1827, and a Delegate to the 1836 Vermont constitutional convention.〔(History of Vermont ), by Zadock Thompson, 1842, page 127〕〔(Journal of the Convention Holden at Montpelier, on the 6th day of January, 1836 ), published by J. Spooner, St. Albans, 1836, page 4〕〔(Vermont Year Book ), published by E. P. Walton, Montpelier, 1836, page 103〕〔(United States Official Postal Guide ), published by United States Post Office Department, 1822, page 48〕 His legal career included the noteworthy defense of Stephen and Jesse Boorn, brothers who were convicted and sentenced to life in prison (Jesse) and death (Stephen) for the killing of Russell Colvin, a man missing from Manchester. Several years later Colvin returned to Vermont to prove that he was still alive. He had moved to New Jersey after an altercation with the Boorns and changed his name. The Boorn case is the first known instance of a wrongful conviction for murder in the United States.〔(America's First Wrongful Murder Conviction Case ), Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University School of Law, accessed January 5, 2011〕〔(The Trial, Confessions and Conviction of Jesse and Stephen Boorn for the Murder of Russell Colvin ), by Leonard Sargeant, 1873〕
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