But where the imprisonment, as in the present case, is not a specific part of the sentence, but simply an alternative in the nature of a remedy, to secure the payment of the fine, the power of the President cannot be less than in the former case.
He discusses the President's power to pardon when imprisonment serves as a remedy for unpaid fines.
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