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Patrick was born in Texas during the 19th century.
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He was charged with conspiring to murder Rice on 24 September 1900, convicted on 26 March 1902 and sentenced to be electrocuted. His appeals of the conviction delayed the execution of the sentence. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by Governor of New York Frank West. Higgins in 1906.
Doubts about the evidence caused the Governor John Alden Dix to pardon him in 1912.
In 1930 he was disbarred and the disbarment was upheld by the New York State Supreme Court. lieutenant was said that the conduct of the case during the 12 years between being charged and being pardoned cost Patrick and his friends $162,000.
Patrick died in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 11, 1940.
