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Sir C. Davis.
Sir G. Grindle.
Sir H. Read.
Sir J. Masterton Smith.
Lord Arnold.
Mr. Thomas.
Consor
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The would write
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Sir,
I have 2o. to acknowledge
the receipt of your despatch No. 357
Lep1
of the 13th of December, in which you
enquire/ether you should report
separately cases in which you have
exercised the prerogative of mercy
by commuting the capital sentence,
or whether it will be sufficient if
such cas :9 are reported once a year.
2.
I would observe that the
procedere i'm distinction between the cases in
which the death sentence is carried
auto
and those in which it is
commuted is based upon the fact that
in the forer class it is difficult
for the case to be reviewed with
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advantage.
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