 A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power intrusted 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.  The New York Supplement - Página 6901898Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Norton Pomeroy - 1868 - 588 páginas
...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 páginas
...necessary. "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 páginas
...some trespass done, or some other just cause, were lawfully impounded. PARCUS (Lat.). A park. PARDON. An act of grace, proceeding from the power intrusted...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 páginas
...pardoning power of the governor. The act does not attempt to coufer any power upon the board to 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... | |
 | United States. Circuit Courts, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - 1871 - 648 páginas
...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 páginas
...Const., Art. V, 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...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...rules 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...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 páginas
...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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