Criminal Appeals —— Under the Criminal Appeal Act of 1907; With Rules of Court and Forms

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ISBN: 9781331245834 出版年：2016 页码：143 A C Forster Boulton Forgotten Books

In the second place, on a petition to the Home Office the prisoner's case only is before it. The result of that is that the Home Office has to discover the case against the prisoner, to test his conviction and his guilt in order to establish, if possible, his innocence. In the third place, there is no legal finality in the. Position of the Home Secretary. The consequence is that, although he might come to a clear and definite decision, he is always exposed to pressure to reconsider his decision. In the fourth place, the Home Office cannot, as a general rule, state its reasons for its decision.