A more important conson, however, is that
advantage.
in the
former
detailed reports on cases
of commutation of the capital sentence
are of interest and value to my legal
advisers, who find it useful to have full
reports on such cases, accompanied
where necessary by copy of the
proceedings."
<In
cases where the question
of comutation turns on such a matter as
the extreme south of the offender, the
transmission of copies of the proceed inge
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may hardly be necessary, but where it turne
case the laws is
simply allowed
to take to coursez
there do
the latte.
an executive
interference with the course of pistice which
convdi:,
on such a mother as a conflict in the evidence,
a copy of the proceedings is an essential
complement to the Report.
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It is also useful to have this
material forwarded as promptly as possible
so that the Secretary of State may be able
to deal with any comment which may be made
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properly
in Parliament or elsewhere without the delay of
calling for a special report on the case.
3.
la It is not contemplated that
the Secretary of State will wish to interfere
with the Governor's discretion in the exercise
repoti
to the
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of the prerogative of mercy
ceses in
best
for
the
Artid abo se
which that prerogative has been
exercised should be reported
immediately, with statement of the.
reasons why the sentence was commuted,
accompanied where necessary by a copy
of the proceedings.
I have &c.,