Treatise on Executive Clemency in Pennsylvania

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909. Excerpt: ... INDEX. A. Abandoned law, basis of prosecution 115 Above the law, pardoning power 59, 61 Absolute pardon 187 Acceptance of pardon as affecting validity 187 Accessory pardoned, force of 166, 167 Acquaintances, source of data 159 Acts, obsolete, as basis of prosecution 113 creating new crimes 116 declaring actions crimes regardless of intent '. 116 constitutionality doubtful 116 passed under public clamor 117 providing excessive punishments 117 passed for temporary relief 113 passed in partisan spirit 113 passed for special purpose 113 Acts of clemency, essentials 181 form and substance 181 force and effect 181 practice and pleading 181 Adventuress, generally habitual criminal 135 Affidavits as form of data 162 After-discovered evidence 160 legal rules respecting not applicable 122 Agents, prison, as source of data 155 Age, important as data 170 Alien, right to receive pardon 194 American theory of pardoning power 112 government 43 criminology 107 constitutional division of powers 59 Amnesty, includes pardon 71, 186 executive and not legislative act 71, 186 definition 186 when effective 195 proclamation of, pleading 195 force and effect 195 Ancient statute as basis of prosecution 115 Appellate courts limited by technicalities 120 Application for clemency a legal right 112 Approximate accuracy only, obtainable in courts 56 Assistance to authorities, ground for clem-ency 166 Asylum, right of, traditional effect 3 Authorities and precedents as aids in clemency 157 B. Babylonian, ancient, recognition of power 57 Bacon, influence of 12, 13 Badger-woman, generally habitual criminal 135 Basic doctrine in clemency 112 Beaver, Gov. and Board of Pardons 76 Beccaria, influence of 25, 107 Behavior commutation--See Commutation. Benefit of clergy, traditional effect 3, 9,...