The Encyclopedia of United States Supreme Court Reports Vol. 9: Being a Complete Encyclopedia of All the Case Law of the Federal Supreme Court Up to and Including Volume 206 U. S. Supreme Court Reports (Book 51 Lawyers'' Edition) (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Encyclopedia of United States Supreme Court Reports Vol. 9: Being a Complete Encyclopedia of All the Case Law of the Federal Supreme Court Up to and Including Volume 206 U. S. Supreme Court Reports (Book 51 Lawyers'' Edition)<br><br>Where the constitution of Illinois ex pressly conferred upon the governor the power to grant reprieves commutations and pardons after conviction for all Oi fenses Art. 5 13 it was held that the governor had authority to commute the punishment of death to imprisonment for life in the penitentiary. Schwab Berg gren 143 U. S. 442 451 36 L. Ed. 218.<br><br>It has Often been decided in the states that the governor may grant conditional pardons by commuting the punishment where the governor acted generally if not uniformly under special provisions in the constitution or laws of the state or on the principles of the common law adopted by the state. Ex parte William Wells 18 How. 307 318 15 L. Ed. 421 dissenting Opinion.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.