 | John Norton Pomeroy - 1868 - 588 σελίδες
...definition of a pardon. He says: "A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power entrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the...punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed." § 683. Sir William Blackstone, in the fourth Book of his Commentaries, speaks of pardons as an absolute... | |
 | 1869 - 820 σελίδες
..."A pardon" says Chief Justice MARSHALL, in the case of United States v. Wilson, 1 Peters 150, " is an act of grace proceeding from the power intrusted...punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed." Worcester defines pardon as being " the remission of a fault or crime, or of a penalty ; forgiveness... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1870 - 900 σελίδες
...which, for some trespass done, or some other just cause, were lawfully impounded. PARCUS (Lat.). A park. PARDON. An act of grace, proceeding from the power...punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed. 7 Pet. 160. Every pardon granted to the guilty is in derogation of the law : if the pardon be equitable,... | |
 | 1892 - 582 σελίδες
...pardon. "A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power intrusted with the execntion of the law, which exempts the individual on whom it is bestowed from the punishment the law inflicts fora crime he has committed." US v. Wilson, 7 Pet. 150. Section 6 expressly declares that nothing in... | |
 | United States. Circuit Courts, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - 1871 - 648 σελίδες
...offender. ' ' A pardon," says Mr. Ch. J. MARSHALL, "is an act of grace proceeding from the power entrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the...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... | |
 | California - 1872 - 698 σελίδες
...Sec. 13. As to what consti- v tutes a pardon, see People vs. Bowen, April Term, 1872. -^\ A pardon is an act of grace proceeding from the power intrusted...punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed. — US vs. Wilson, 7 Peters, p. 150. It is construed like a grant, most favorable to the grantee.—... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1872 - 776 σελίδες
...word is used in the Constitution ? "A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power entrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the...punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed:" 2 Bouvier, 261. In Comyn's Digest, it is said, "So the King may pardon all offenses of which a man... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1873 - 866 σελίδες
...amnesty in the sense now under consideration. Chief Justice Marshall defined pardon very early as " an act of grace proceeding from the power intrusted with the execution of the law, which excepts the individual on whom it is bestowed from the punishment which the law inflicts... | |
 | Francis Wharton - 1874 - 834 σελίδες
...prescribing the manner in which it is to be used by the person who would avail himself of it. A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power intrusted...punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed." US v. Wilson, 7 Peters, 150. " It is a constituent part of the judicial system, that the judge sees... | |
 | California - 1874 - 712 σελίδες
...V, Sec. 13. As to what constitutes a pardon, see People vs. Bowen, April Term, 1872. A pardon is nn act of grace proceeding from the power intrusted with...punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed. — U. 8. vs. Wilson, 7 Peters, p. 150. It is construed like a grant, most favorable to the grantee.... | |
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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. 
