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LAW JOURNAL
VOL. XII MAY, 1903 No. 7
Manila:
" * * * Power to pardon offenders convicted by civil courts
is vested in Civil Governor. ELIHu ROOT,
"Secretary of War."
Under Spanish sovereignty in the Philippine Islands the pardon-
ing power resided in the Spanish Crown. If we consider the right
to exercise that power as being a crown prerogative, it follows that
said prerogative did not pass to the United States nor to its officers
by virtue of the military occupancy.
In his opinion as to the construction of sewers and pavements
in Havana, communicated to the Secretary of War, July io, 1899,
Attorney-General Griggs said (22 Op. 527) :
PARDONING POWER IN THE PHILIPPINES. 4 rr