Horton v. Gillespie

On October 29, 1925, appellee was confined in the State Penitentiary, serving a sentence which had not then expired. On that date, the Governor of the state being absent therefrom, the functions of Governor were being discharged by the President of the Senate as acting Governor, and, while so acting, he granted appellee a "full and free pardon." After reciting appellee's conviction, and the time of his sentence, it was recited in the pardon that, "by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution of the State of Arkansas I do hereby grant to the said W. W. Gillespie a full and free…