4 Va. 35
Decided November 15, 1785
Court of Appeals of Virginia · decided 1785-11-15
Fowler was convicted of felony in the general court; and obtained a pardon from' the governour, of which the following is an extract, viz: “Whereas John Fowler, late of the parish of Fredericksville, in the county of Albe-marle, labourer, was, at a session *of the general court holden on the 27th day of April in the year of our Ford, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, attainted of felony, and he appears to be a proper object of mercy: Now know ye, that I have…
Decided 1785-11-15
¶1The certificate to the general court was as follows,
“It is ordered to be certified, to the said general court, as the opinion of this court, that the condition annexed to the letters of pardon granted the said John Fowler by Patrick Henry esquire, governour or chief magistrate of this commonwealth, is illegal ; and that thereby the said letters of pardon are absolute.”