Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

AUSTIN. TEXAS April 3,1950 Hon. R. A. Smoot Schmid Opinion No. V-1 029 Chairman Board of ~Pardons and Paroles Re: The legality of extending Austin, Texas clemency to a convict who is now confined in a Veterans Administration mental hos - pita1 while on a temporary reprieve from the State peni- Dear Sir: tentiary. Your request for an opinion reads as follows: “Application has been made to the Board of Pardons and-Paroles for a recommendation for further clemency to a convict who is now confined in the Veterans’ Hospi- tal at Waco. This man is held in the Hospital, under re- straint, by virtue…