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Letter on Pardons and Crown Power in Legal Debate
A clerk writes to a solicitor about a knotty legal point from a club discussion. The letter frets over pardons, the Edward III statute on security for good behavior, and whether a pardon can be voided by later crimes. It cites Elizabethan cases and Moore’s Reports, arguing for or against prerogative power and potential hangings, with references to Oldcastle, Freeman, and Gambol as contexts for the debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atcorney
George's
Ludgeeé Hill
Freeman
Edward the Third
Peron
Raftal
Elizebeth
Moore
Cole
Gambol
Harry
Oldcastle
Tom Freeman
Fuffintan
Exchequer
Leas
Westminster
Copenhagen
N. S
Louise
M. Gram
Counc de Debn
Duke of Brunswick-Wolfembattle
Vienna
Aulick Council of War
Italy
Hungary
Count Merci
Milan
Count de Harrach
Naples
Count Kinski
France
Count Wratislau
Mauscovy
M. de Hoghholtzer
Moscow
Carme
Count de Waldstein
Mattét
Saxony
Coty Wratislau
Manuel
Infante of
Portugal
Prince Eugene of Savoy
Luxemburg
Passionei
Constantinople
Adrianople
Raab
Genoeze
Seville
N.S. Sc
Keene
Great Britain
London