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Pardon | <head>Pardon</head><lb/> | ||
<p><unclear>Thus</unclear> either the | <p><unclear>Thus</unclear> either the circumstance specified is not in being <add><gap/></add> <unclear>&</unclear> incapable therefore of being <gap/><lb/> the subject of a Trial, or is of too vague a nature to be collected from legal<lb/> evidence. [under <add>limitations of legal rules</add> legal limitations.]<lb/></p> | ||
<p>The check therefore here <unclear>imposed</unclear> is the only check <unclear>competent</unclear> to the subject, the<lb/> same as that upon Juries the sense of shame - to which may be added, impeachment<lb/> | <p>The check therefore here <unclear>imposed</unclear> is the only check <unclear>competent</unclear> to the subject, the<lb/> same as that upon Juries the sense of shame - to which may be added, impeachment<lb/> | ||
of the Person applying for the Pardon in any flagrant case <del>which</del> <add>as it ca</add><lb/> of <unclear>the</unclear> suggestion containing a very <unclear>obvious</unclear> falsehood -<lb/></p> | of the Person applying for the Pardon in any flagrant case <del>which</del> <add>as it ca</add><lb/> of <unclear>the</unclear> suggestion containing a very <unclear>obvious</unclear> falsehood -<lb/></p> | ||
<p>In the instance of particular | <p>In the instance of particular crimes [to be specified by the law] for which, (should<lb/> | ||
there be any such), it may be thought advisable to retain punishments in <unclear>hor</unclear><lb/> as it is called, without design of universal execution - as <del>in</del> under the Laws<lb/> against Papists these specifications may be dispensed with</p> | there be any such), it may be thought advisable to retain punishments <hi rend='underline'>in <unclear>hor</unclear></hi><lb/> as it is called, without design of universal execution - as <del>in</del> <add>under</add> the Laws<lb/> against Papists, these specifications may be dispensed with.<lb/></p> | ||
<note><gap/>? should he name of the person applying for the <gap/> be specified in the <gap/> would or would not this be laying too great a restriction on Pardons if a man venture <add>was forced to</add> himself to procure one | <note><gap/>? should he name of the person applying for the <gap/> be specified in the <gap/> would or would not this be laying too great a restriction on Pardons if a man venture <add>was forced to</add> himself to procure one | ||
<gap/> too whether any <unclear>distinction</unclear> this law between | <gap/> too whether any <unclear>distinction</unclear> this law between crimes</note><pb/> | ||
Pardon
Thus either the circumstance specified is not in being & incapable therefore of being
the subject of a Trial, or is of too vague a nature to be collected from legal
evidence. [under limitations of legal rules legal limitations.]
The check therefore here imposed is the only check competent to the subject, the
same as that upon Juries the sense of shame - to which may be added, impeachment
of the Person applying for the Pardon in any flagrant case which as it ca
of the suggestion containing a very obvious falsehood -
In the instance of particular crimes [to be specified by the law] for which, (should
there be any such), it may be thought advisable to retain punishments in hor
as it is called, without design of universal execution - as in under the Laws
against Papists, these specifications may be dispensed with.
? should he name of the person applying for the be specified in the would or would not this be laying too great a restriction on Pardons if a man venture was forced to himself to procure one
too whether any distinction this law between crimes
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