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  "id": 11270254,
  "name": "In re Petition of JESSE T. JONES for Restoration to Citizenship",
  "name_abbreviation": "In re Jones",
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    "name_abbreviation": "N.C.",
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      "In re Petition of JESSE T. JONES for Restoration to Citizenship."
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        "text": "BROWN, J.\nTbe petitioner was convicted in tbe Superior Court of Jobnston County for murder in tbe second degree at September Term, 1911, and sentenced to twenty years in tbe State\u2019s Prison.\nTbe petitioner was pardoned by tbe Governor, and tbe same presented to tbe Superior Court of Jobnston County at March Term, 1912, and tbe prisoner was released.\nIt is evident tbat .tbe Superior Court bad no jurisdiction to grant tbe prayer of tbe petitioner. Under chapter 64 of tbe Revisal of 1905, secs. 2675, 2676, etc., a prisoner convicted of an infamous crime and sentenced to imprisonment may file bis petition for restoration to citizenship at any time after tbe expiration of four years from tbe date of conviction.\nSection 2680 provides dhat where tbe judgment of tbe court does not include imprisonment, and pardon has been granted by tbe Governor, or judgment suspended on payment of tbe costs, and the costs have been paid, such person may be restored to such forfeited rights of citizenship upon application, by petition to tbe judge presiding at any term of the Superior Court held for tbe county in which tbe conviction was bad, which petition must be filed after tbe expiration of one year after such conviction.\nAs imprisonment was a part of tbe judgment of tbe court in this case, this petition cannot be entertained at this time, as tbe prisoner was convicted and sentenced only a year ago.\nIt is unnecessary for us to consider tbe effect of a pardon. It is very elaborately argued in tbe brief of tbe counsel for tbe petitioner. It may be, as contended, tbat tbe pardon is such an act of grace as releases tbe offender from tbe consequences of bis offense to tbe same extent as if tbe offense bad never been committed. This question cannot be raised in petition for restoration to tbe rights of citizenship under tbe statute, for tbe Court has no jurisdiction to entertain it except at tbe times and for the purposes named in tbe statute.\nIf tbe petitioner is denied tbe right- of suffrage and registration, or other rights of citizenship which be exercised before the commission of the offense, he may then by proper legal proceedings have the full scope and effect of his pardon determined by the courts.\nThe petitioner will pay the cost of this appeal.\nThe judgment dismissing the petition is\nAffirmed.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "BROWN, J."
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    "attorneys": [
      "F. II. Broolcs for petitioner."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "In re Petition of JESSE T. JONES for Restoration to Citizenship.\n(Filed 9 October, 1912.)\n1. Executive Pardon \u2014 Imprisonment\u2014Restoration of Citizenship\u2014 Interpretation of Statutes.\nOne who has been convicted of murder in the second degree and has been pardoned by the Governor, and released from imprisonment, may not have his citizenship restored under the provisions of Revisal, see. 2680, by petition to the judge presiding at any term of the Superior Court held for the county in which the conviction was had, when filed after the expiration of one year after such conviction, for in such instances Revisal, secs. 2675 and 2676 apply, requiring that the petition be filed after the expiration of four years, etc.\n2. Same \u2014 Practice.\nThe question as to whether a pardon from the Governor\u2018has the effect of releasing a prisoner, convicted and imprisoned for an infamous crime, from the consequences of his offense to the same extent as if the offense had never been committed, and for that reason he was entitled to be restored to his citizenship, can only be presented when his right of suffrage and registration, or other right of citizenship, which he exei-eised before the commission of the offense, has been denied.\nAppeal by petitioner from Ferguson, J., at September Term, 1912, of Johnston. (\nTbe facts are sufficiently stated in tbe opinion of tbe Court by Mr. Justice Brown.\nTbis petition was filed in tbe Superior Court of Jobnston County by tbe petitioner under section 2680 of tbe Revisal for restoration to citizenship. His Honor denied tbe petition, and the petitioner appealed.\nF. II. Broolcs for petitioner."
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