Mississippi Supreme Court· 3/15/1910

State v. Kirby

Citations

96 Miss. 629
51 So. 811

Syllabus

<p>ConstitotiONAl Law. Constitution 1890, seo. 124. Pardons. Governor. Exclusive 'power. Laws 1908, ch. 109, p. 104, sec. 3.</p> <p>Under constitution 1890, sec. 124, investing the governor with the exclusive power to pardon convicted criminals, the third section of the statute, Laws 1908, ch. 109, p. 104, purporting to authorize the hoard of supervisors to discharge infirm convicts from county jails, is unconstitutional and void.</p>

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