I need an example of a Queens Pardon?

Question

I need an example opf a queens pardon from somewhere back in the 1800s late 1800s like the Rebellion times. Anyone who can help, would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

there are many references to the Queens pardon but without joining historical or literary societies its a hard one to get any proper documentation on these pardons.( sorry )

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=37QEA...

http://www.torontosun.com/Anniversary/th...

VIGNETTE 10: THE MACKENZIE REBELLION, December 1837

Scottish-born William Lyon Mackenzie (62), newspaper editor and politician (Mackenzie had been appointed the newly created City of Toronto's first mayor in 1834), became so upset at the way the Family Compact, a small group of elite citizens led by Lieutenant-Governor Sir Francis Bond Head (65), Sheriff William Jarvis (66) and the rector of St. James' John Strachan (67), governed the young province of Upper Canada (after 1867, Ontario) that he vowed to overthrow the government, by force if necessary. And that's exactly what he attempted to do in early December 1837. His plans were thwarted, however, when he and his band of rebels (60, 61 and 63), intent on entering the city and seizing government buildings and officials, were routed by loyalists (68 & 69) that included a War of 1812 veteran Colonel James Fitzgibbon (64). Mackenzie and many of his followers fled to the United States.

Pardoned later by Queen Victoria in 1849, he returned to Toronto and moved into a house on Bond Street purchased for him by his admirers. The house, in which "the fiery Scot" died in 1861, is now operated as a museum by the Toronto Historical Board.

http://www.ncjrs.gov/app/publications/Ab...

Grainne O'Malley - 16th Century - Ireland

“A pirate queen of Galway, Ireland who gave Elizabeth Rex a run for her money. ‘Twice widowed, twice imprisoned, fighting her enemies both Irish and English for her rights, condemned for p****y, and finally pardoned in London by Queen Elizabeth herself, Gráinne was one of the few sea-raiders to retire from the sea and die in her own bed, though where she's buried remains a mystery.’ See site; www.legends.dm.net/pirates/grainne.html” - Kathleen O’B.

Abstract:   THROUGHOUT BRITISH HISTORY, KINGS AND QUEENS HAVE HAD THE POWER TO GRANT MERCY OR PARDON TO THOSE CONVICTED OF CRIMES AGAINST THE CROWN. THE ACT, HOWEVER, DOES NOT ERASE THE CONVICTION NOR IMPLY INNOCENCE. THE QUEEN'S PARDON MEANS THAT EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT PARDONING A CONVICTED CRIMINAL. IN 1907, THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS WAS ESTABLISHED TO REVIEW AND RECEIVE NEW EVIDENCE IN CASES PREVIOUSLY TRIED WHERE A CONVICTION RESULTED. THIS COURT HAS THE POWER TO 'QUASH' A CONVICTION, THUS ERASING IT FROM THE RECORDS AND ESTABLISHING THE INNOCENCE OF THE PERSN WRONGFULLY CONVICTED. THE QUEEN'S PARDON WAS RETAINED, HOWEVER, AS AN OPTION FOR REMITTING SENTENCES WHERE THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS COULD NOT HEAR A CASE. THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE OF MERCY SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TO CORRECT THE ERRORS OF THE COURTS. IF THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE OF INNOCENCE FOR A PARDON TO BE GRANTED, THAT EVIDENCE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO QUASH THE CONVICTION. NEW LEGISLATION SHOULD BE DEVISED TO EXTEND THE POWER OF THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS TO RECEIVE ANY EVIDENCE DEEMED APPROPRIATE GROUNDS FOR A PARDON. ANALOGOUS PROCEDURES ARE EXAMINED FOR COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES, SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, AND THE UNITED STATES. CASE HISTORIES ARE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE TEXT. REFERENCE NOTES, AN INDEX, AND AN APPENDIX OF RELATED MATERIAL ARE INCLUDED. (RCB)