 | Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - 1875 - 858 σελίδες
...Hawk. PC 397. (t) Ib. 396. (700) A pardon has been defined as " an act of grace proceeding from tUe power intrusted with the execution of the laws, which...punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed." MARSHALL, CJ, in United States v. Wilton, 7 Pet. 150, 160. The Constitution of the United States Tests... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1876 - 392 σελίδες
...from a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States defining " pardon ; " namely : Pardon is an act of grace proceeding from the power intrusted...execution of the laws which exempts the, individual from the punishment which the law inflicts for a crime he has committed, (7 Peters, page ISO, the passage... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1877 - 1076 σελίδες
...extend a piirdon beyond its well-conceived legal meaning. Chief- Justice Marshall says, "A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power intrusted with the execution of the IHWS, which exempts the individual on whom it is bestowed from the punishment the law inflicts fora... | |
 | Lorenzo Smith Boswell Sawyer, United States. Circuit Court (9th Circuit) - 1878 - 772 σελίδες
...respect to a private pardon of an individual offender. "A pardon," says Mr. Chief Justice Marshall, " is an act of grace proceeding from the power intrusted...bestowed from the punishment the law inflicts for the crime he has committed. It is the private, though official act, of the Executive Magistrate delivered... | |
 | Rollin Augustus Ives - 1879 - 514 σελίδες
...such court may adjudge.1 Definitions. A pardon is an act of grace proceeding from the power invested with the execution of the laws, which exempts the...the punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed.2 Pardons are of various kinds : They may be absolute or conditional,1 full or partial, of... | |
 | Jacob Conrad Davis - 1879 - 698 σελίδες
...which shall be made by such clerk. A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power entrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the...from the punishment the law inflicts for a crime he lias committed. 7 Pet. SC Rep., 160. Every pardon granted to the guilty is in derogation of the law;... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - 1881 - 540 σελίδες
...for two separate felonies, only one of which was included in the attempted pardon. II. A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from ' the power intrusted...punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed. (United States v. Wilson, 1 Pet. 160.) III. The constitution of California empowers the goverJan. 1880.]... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1883 - 876 σελίδες
...thence beasts which, for some trespass done, or gome other just cause, were lawfully impounded. FARDOW. An act of grace, proceeding from the power intrusted...individual on whom it is bestowed from the punishment the li w inflicts for a crime he has committed. 7 Pet. 160. Every pardon granted to the guilty Is in derogation... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1883 - 870 σελίδες
...efface and to cause to be forgotten a crime or misdemeanor ; the latter is an act of the same authority, which exempts the individual on whom it is bestowed from the punishment the law inflicU for the crime he has committed ; 7 Pet. 160. Amnesty is the abolition and forgetfulness of... | |
 | 1886 - 932 σελίδες
...regulations, and to retake and to reimprison any convict so upon parol." This is not a pardon. "A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power intrusted...punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed." US v. W-tison, 7 Pet. 150. A pardon discharges the individual designated from all or some specified... | |
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A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power entrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the individual, on whom it is bestowed, from the punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed. 
