CO129-485 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1924 [8-12] — Page 78

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.,