From: "Gary Britt" 

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
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> 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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