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lf to grant a reprieve without further instructions from Her Majesty. This argument was set out in a letter to Lord Fenner Brockway from the Deputy Governor, in which Mr Lloyd said:
"I am to say that The Queen was petitioned on their (Burrows and Tacklyn) behalf. She therefore exercised the prerogative of mercy herself. The Governor could not, in the circumstances, subsequently exercise it on her behalf in a different way. He
was not empowered to do so."
Sir Ian Sinclair believes this overstates he powerlessness of the Governor. He argues that, provided some new element or factor arose, the Governor could certainly order at least a stay of execution while he consulted the Secretary of State over the possibility of corrutation.
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