From: "Robert G Lewis" 

Aren't 'private laws' essentially laws supposed to help an individual or
small group ?

Are some private laws also kept secret ?


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:436112a9{at}w3.nls.net...
>I don't know, and I'm not absolutely positive that there is no rule that
> pardons have to be made public.  I don't recall ever seeing anything that
> indicates they do have to be public, and I know congress can pass "private
> laws" that aren't public.  They do it all the time.  So why couldn't a
> pardon be private?  Of course as soon as the pardoned offender had a need
> to
> prove the pardon by showing it to somebody the news would get out, so may
> not be too practical.
>
> Gary
>
> "Ellen K."  wrote in message
> news:2ni0m1583q5cdmhro5fhfem3ihqb3gov9r{at}4ax.com...
>> REALLY?
>>
>> Are there any recorded cases of pardons that were not made public when
>> granted but came to light later?
>>
>> On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:36:10 -0400, "Gary Britt"

>> wrote in message :
>>
>> >There is no
>> >rule that pardons have to be made public.
>>
>
>

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