Commonwealth v. Lockwood
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment for cheating by false pretences; returned at March term 1871 of the superior court in Suffolk for criminal business. At May term of that court a trial was had, a verdict of guilty returned, and exceptions taken by the defendant to the rulings and decisions of the* presiding judge were allowed.
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Indictment for cheating by false pretences; returned at March term 1871 of the superior court in Suffolk for criminal business. At May term of that court a trial was had, a verdict of guilty returned, and exceptions taken by the defendant to the rulings and decisions of the* presiding judge were allowed. The exceptions were duly entered in this court, and while they were pending here, and before any argument or decision of the questions arising thereon, the defendant on December 18, 1871, came into the superior court, and there pleaded a pardon, granted by the governor with the advice of the…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.
This case presents an interesting question of the axtent of the power conferred by that provision of the Constitu*325fcion of the Commonwealth, which declares that “ the power of pardoning offences, except such as persons may be convicted of before the senate by an impeachment of the house, shall be in the governor, by and with the advice of council; but no charter of pardon, granted by the governor, with advice of the council, before conviction, shall avail the party pleading the same, notwithstanding any general or particular expressions contained therein, descriptive of the offence or offences…
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