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Usage examples of "free pardon".
With all hopes of his money 1 from Oregon gone, I don't think MacDonald would have hesitated between turning Queen's evidence -- if it was important enough he might even have received a free pardon -- and being held as an accessory to murder for gain, which still calls.
He is making it clear to the citizens of Boulogne that on the day when the Scarlet Pimpernel falls into the hands of the Committee of Public Safety a general amnesty will be granted to all natives of Boulogne who are under arrest at the present time, and a free pardon to all those who, born within these city walls, are to-day under sentence of death.
They demand a free pardon in exchange for -' Hornblower held the pencil poised over the paper debating the next words 'Our lives'?
They demand a free pardon in exchange for ' Hornblower held the pencil poised over the paper debating the next words 'Our lives'?
It'll be interesting to see if he shows up again after the proclamation of a free pardon.