Ex Parte Wells
Supreme Court of the United States
This was a motion for a writ of habeas corpus, founded oh a petition by Wells, setting forth the following circumstances, viz:— ' That. Wells was convicted of .murder, at the December term; 1851, df the criminal court for the county of Washington, District of.
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This was a motion for a writ of habeas corpus, founded oh a petition by Wells, setting forth the following circumstances, viz:— ' That. Wells was convicted of .murder, at the December term; 1851, df the criminal court for the county of Washington, District of. Columbia, and was sentenced by said court to be hanged on the 23d of April, 1852, on which said 23d of April, Mr. Fillmore, then President of the United States, granted “ a pardon of the offence of which he was convicted, upon condition that he be imprisoned during his natural life, that is, the sentence of death is hereby commuted to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
The petitioner was convicted of murder in the District of Columbia, and sentenced to be hung on the 23d of April, 1852. President Fillmore granted to him a conditional pardon. The material part of it is as follows : ■ “ For divers good and sufficient reasons I have granted, and do hereby grant unto him, the said William Wells, a pardon of the offence of which he was convicted — upon condition that he be imprisoned during his natural life; that is, the sentence of death is hereby commuted to imprisonment for life in the penitentiary of Washington.” On the same day the pardon was accepted in…
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