**OFFICE OF**  **THE A** **’ HORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 



### Hon.W. Y. Ikid Warden Texas Prlmn **8yStSa** XunteriLla,T.u‘

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Bur&a of bOOE'd6 mnd **Identtfloatlon.** PebrurrP 20th 1 **requested** 

### an apiaion 6 Of this ~Z'iSOfl82' fM6! the B0U.d Of en& haYe 

### at hand ttwlr letter of ing a6 to submit the **wtter** to you. Kindly &v166 **at JOUr**  eOnVenieUOe **Wb%etbbr the**  **ObWnar** in qu66tion 616~be **cotistru~d** a8 8 %il **Pardon.** The rubjeat L-tie i6 now 6la66ified **a6** a Conditton*r Pardon violator and &6 regirt6redunder hi6 hid n~m?Mr 64#?246 66ZTing the bdanoe or hi6 I(lartpHtn6 pii@ term. li this i6 iWtWMOt, he wU1 be plaiM bask U&6r l **new number** **aid** reg&stmr6d a6 sanlng the new oonvlatlon sf three (3)years.* 

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The exooutlveproolam6tion granting pardon for th6 ftr6t murder oonviotlon is aondltlonalend provider;



### "TOALLTO WXOUTFIEEE PRliXEiNTS

SHALL COME: 

### *WHE~AS, At theHayTerm,A. D., 1919 in the Dt6trlot Court of **Van** ZandtCounty, Texas, -----------------------.



### BENJAUIWROLLING9 843,724 -6 aonrloted of a felony, towlt: M u R 

### D E R and hl6 punlrhment 8666666dat 6OnfinOmSnt in the Penitentiary for Ninety-nineyear68 and "This dafrndant I6 panted a pardon aondltloned that a6 long a6 he reo6lver &15.00per month, hi6 board and lodging and is **treated** humanelyhe remain in the personal employ Ot 2X-@Ot@X'Wl- Jam66 

### 6. F6r@l60tl, fOI' 6%X year6 from the date hereof mnd und6r his rdr~or and dlreotion.

'INTESTIMONY~WHEREOI,I have hereunto **rigwd** my ma6 offlolally and amused th6 Seal af State to b6 irplu66ed hereon 

### at f6;lni9;16 the 1Qth day of **January,**

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### State

---_--------.-...--- @I, Benjamin flolllnge,the above do6orlbed. freely mooopt the abovr pardon and oondltlon therein mentioned.

The rule i6 that in case **of doubt**  nondltionolpardon6 as6 to be conetruedmost f6vorebly 

### to thegrantee and against the sovereign. 06born v. United States, 91 U. 3. 474, 23 L. Ed. 388; 20 R. c. L. 662. 

### Wlth this in mind we lRt6rpret the pardon grhnt6d B6nJamlnHolllngs, dated 

### Jan. 12, 1927, to be aondltlonal solely that he remain In thepersonal employ and under the advioe an8 dl.reotl.on

of Ja6. E. Fergu6On lor a period 0r 61x years froa the 12th day of January, 1.8271and that this be n6oersary only ln the event that n6 receives th6 6um of 81s. psr month, hisHon. W. W. Uaid, pagr 3

board and lodging and **ir** treated humanely by 6uQh 

### l wloy6r. We Interpret thlr to be a oonaltlonpreoeaent and lf tu6 ocndltLon va6 ratlsfird - there be%ng L1oother - the 

### pardon beaan6 irrevooableon the 12th 

### day of January, 19X3.

The oonditions

### attaahed to a par&on 

### are di6aretk.o~ vlth tim rxeautlve - the only rrqulmmnt being that they be nbt %llo al or immor& Ex arte 

### Dawnport, 110 Tex. Or. Rep. zH?b, 9 LU. f2d) 589, 60.A.L.B. !40$. In order to 

### k oparatlvrr, bov6ver, th#$Prmilt

app6ar ln the padOn. Ii% 27 Adi Rap. 337~ Annotation6, 60 A.L.R. p"rte Reno, 66 no. Q66 7+n. Oas. 88. 14 6, 111 Am. 6t. R6p.10&,

**A** OOndltlOMl pardon, be it upon OOndltlOn6prewdent OX'6Ub66qU6Klt

,bWO6le6 **8brOhte** UpOn th6 **iulfll%WRt** Of it8 aonditionr. 

### barrQ. 

### State, 19 

### Or. App. 666, 66 Au. Rop. 606. 

### It oannot **be** revoked aftor **it b6**  been delivered and 

### l ooeptod and th6 grantee ha6 faithfullyperforwd the cwmdktlon8. !Cx pu‘te Mae, 72 Or. F&p. 687 162 5. U. 801; ti parto hra616C, 91 Qr. Rep. 476, QSQ 8. Y. oi2.

**In** the **m Q16.**  th6 **OOUCt 6aibl**  %nder all the autboritle6w6 have b6en able k, rind, therule 16 thatuhen the 

### Governor ha6 i66UOd 6n onoonaitlorurl pardon, and it **,S6 aooepted**  **by the**  

### prlronen, **&nd** he 16 relea6sd thexwunder,all power and oantrol &OS, th6prl6oner 3.6

gonei The 

### Uovemor has no authority to revoke an onoondltionalpUaon liter ito **186U11160,** drltvery, and aooeptanee.
**pA** oonditlonalpardon I6 a6 ab6olUte an 

## notUpOn ths aondltloqsnamed theroln as 8.; an unoonditlonalpardon. It oan be revoked and annuled only upon a violatfon of the conditions$h6 **&QOrnOf h66**  **~6eOR** 

## f&t to **tarart** thereln. Upon 

### a vlolatlon of the aondttlonr, th6 .rightof 

### cevooatloa at onae arlresj but Zf the awdltlono 

### arenot vlolat8d, the rlgat to annul 8066 not exi6t. This right 6prlngr

### lnto exlrtenoe oolnolaentwLth the violation of the oond%tlonr, 

### or either of them, nawd in th6 aondttlotmlpardon.‘Bon. W. ii. Uald, page 4

On motion for rehearing the court aontlnued: “And If the Oovernor Is not granted the authorlt? and power to **revoke** an unconditionalpardon at hi8 pleasure by the Constitution - and this certainlyno 

### one can contek - then the right to **revoke** a **oonditional** pardon comes, riotfrom en7 power oonferredh$on him br the Conatitutlon and laws of the State,but by reason of the aondltionrplaced In the pardon, and solely from that aourae.” Aollingsl pardon was not condltlonedthat he aalataln go@dbehavior or that he refrain **from** oommlttlngfurther orlne. The only requirementwas **that** ha remain In the employ of James E. Fsrguson for alx yeare lfhe reoelved proper treatment and pay. File pardon could be.reroked by the oorernor for rlolatlon of thla -- and only this -- condltlon. We are lnfomed by the executivedepartment that It has not been BO revoked.’

lot having been revoked, It le our opinion that you have no authority to claeelfyHollinga aa a conditionalpardon violator and plaae him under his old number. He shouldbe glron a new number forhis new conviction until exeoutlverotIon la taken revokinghis pardon-it being eatabllshed that he has violated, Uurlng the six year 

### periodmentioned, aope oondltlon stated therein. The foregoing oonaluslon makes it unnece#sar~ for ua to pass upon the question a8 to whether the oondltlonalpardon inyolvedmar now be considereda full pardon. Very truly your8

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