State Ex Rel. Sokira v. Burr

The issue in this case is whether Rolen Henry Burr, who, in 1962 pleaded guilty to the crime of distilling and was sentenced to one year and one day in the state penitentiary, with one year's probation, and who, in 1964, was pardoned with an express restoration of his civil and political rights, is disqualified from holding the office of mayor of the Town of Brookside, Alabama. The certificate of pardon issued by the Board of Pardons and Parole restored Burr's "civil and political rights," specifically stating the following:

"ORDERED that all disabilities resulting from the above stated…