§ 70. Sir Knox Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs what steps were taken to check the credentials and authority of the person purporting to act on behalf of 27W the three Africans under sentence of death in Rhodesia, before the petition for mercy was submitted to Her Majesty the Queen and before he advised Her Majesty to grant a reprieve.
§ Mr. George ThomsonNo special credentials or authority are necessary to enable a person to submit such a petition to Her Majesty. I was, however, satisfied that the petitions in this case were submitted by the lawyers who had been acting in conjunction with lawyers in Rhodesia on behalf of the condemned men.