Muckle v. Clarke

Bell, Justice.

It seems that where a pardon is unconditional and is duly delivered and accepted, it is not subject to revocation. See Code, § 2-2612; Dominick v. Bowdoin, 44 Ga. 357; Grubb v. Bullock, 44 Ga. 379; Ex Parte Bess v. Pearman, 152 S. C. 410 (150 S. E. 54, 65 A. L. R. 1459); 20 R. C. L. 532, § 13. A pardon, however, is a mere act of grace, to which the pardoning power may attach any condition precedent or subsequent which is not illegal, immoral, or impossible of performance; and when a convict accepts such conditional pardon he is bound by all of its valid provisions. 20 R. C. L.…