Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-07-24
BOARD OF PARDoNs.
Rules and Regulations of the Advisory
Board for the State Of Oregon.

Board for the State Of Oregon.
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All applications for pardon or COM
mutation of sentence, together with the
statements in support thereof. must be
made in writing, and addressed to the
Governor, and no personal solicitation
or importantly thereon viii be consid-
cred.
Every application should he accom-
panied By proof that notice has been
gwen for two weeks of such applica-
tien by publishing said notice IN news
eaper pr;naed IN tl,e cesnty where con-
viction was. had-which notice shall
state the name of the applicant, the
cfense of which he was convicted, and
the time when the application will be
ptesented-which. however shall not
be sooner than twenty days after the
last notice appears. In case no news
paper is published IN such county, then
the said notice may be given by post
ing at the court house door for the same
length Of time. Without such notice,
no application for pardon or commuta-
sion will be considered by the Board.
While no evidence of any nature
which will enli.hten the Boarl will be
rejected, 1t is recommended that the
following rules be- observed:
l. All petitions for pardon or COM
mutation should set forth the offense
for which the applicant was convicted,
the court before which he was convicted.
the date of his conviction, the date Of
sentence, the substance of the sentence
in full, and the reasons, considerations
and facts on which the application is
based; also, TIE character and habits of
the person prior to his arrest.
2. All applications should conform
to the requirements Of Chapter 80 of
the Criminal Code.
/ 3. Ifja'lgment was pronounced on
a plea of guilty., and no evidence heard
on the trial of case, copy of the indict-
ment or information should be fur
nished, SO that the precise nature of the
ofense may be understood.
| 4. In applicationed based upon the
grounds of n,is-trial, or improper con.
viction, the allegations should be sus-
tanned by such reasons and evidence as
would have been good ground for a
new trial; and III applications based
upon the ground of ewly.discovered
evidence, the evidence should be such
as would, in all probability, have p,o-
duced all acquital OH second trial.
5. If the ofense was committed in
i county different from that in which
the trial occurred, there should be state
ments from officers and citizens of the
county in which the offense was COM
mltted.
s. Ifpossible, the statements of the
prosecuting witness or witnesses, as
we'll as that of as many of the jurors as
can be obtained, should also accompany
the application.
7. 1t is earnestly requested that all
statements be made in writing and
properly signed, tha' they Ia. be made
part of the record in the case.
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All persons have the right and are
specially requested topresent such state
ments in writing as they may desire to
be used III the consideration of any ap-
Pile ition for pardon or Communication of
S, ntence, and by remonstrance or other
wise afford the fullest information to
the Board as to the merits of any appli-
cation presented for its consideration.
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The regular meetings of the Board
will be held at Salem on the fou,th
Tuesday of Januaty, April, July aud
October, andany application which may
be presented after the first five days
session Of the Board will not be coasid-
cred before the next regular meeting.
Special meetings will be held ut the
call of the Governor, whenever he may
deem them necessary.
VI.
These rules are not, however, inten-
d-d to apply to cases where convicts
have served out the greater portions of
their terms, and remission of the re-
mainder, or some portion thereof, is
solicited on account of good behavior
or other special cause.
/ r. w. HILL,
/ s. E. JOSEPH,
Approved: A. Bush,
| T. F. MooDY, Gov. Pardon Board
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