coke a hall case Trin James in the common plea suit in the ecclesiastical  court pro salute anim or for reformation of manner between party and party may  be pardon by the king but not suit where the plaintiff have a interest and  property in the thing in demand all proceed in the ecclesiastical court ex  duty be for the king and therefore the king may pardon they although the suit  be for the king yet when sentence be give and the cost tax the king can pardon  they notwithstanding a appeal from the sentence Alice cook libel in the  spiritual court against Roland hall for defamation for call her whore and have  sentence and cost be tax et decretum to be quod prdidus Rowlandus hall joret  movend citand ad solvend expense on this side of tale holiday from which  sentence the defendant appeal and before the say feast hall obtain the king  pardon and thereupon get a prohibition out of the common plea and in this case  four point be resolve in all case depend between party and party in the  spiritual court where the suit be only   a latch day hob a pro salute anim  well reformation morum as for defamation or lie violent hand on a clerk or the  like there the Dav a hob b king pardon be a bar of the suit for the suit be  not to recover any damage or any other thing but only to inflict punishment on  the offender pro salute anim which punishment the king may pardon as well  before as after the suit begin for in truth sub suit be only for the Bulstr Cr  James c king although they be prosecute by the party and like suit in the  before b b Inst Bulst Cr James Mod show Rep Q a Plowd a b d starchamber prefer  by one subject against another the king may pardon they for although a subject  prosecute they yet the suit be for the king and to punish the defendant for  their offence and misdemeanour by imprisonment and fine c to the king but if  one libel for tithe or a contract of matrimony or for a legacy or the like  where the plaintiff have a interest and property in the thing in demand and  sentence shall be give for he for the thing which he libel for there the king  can pardon it neither before nor after the suit begin Vid Inst Com dig pardon  e f Bac ab pardon h roll a prerog S for what be or be not discharge by a  pardon a coke b it be resolve that all proceed in the ecclesiastical court ex  duty be for the Cr Elizabeth hob day a e king for which cause whatsoever the  suit be there the king may pardon it for they be only to correct and punish  the party for the offence or crime which the king may pardon and not for the  particular interest of the party it be resolve that in the principal case  although the suit be for the king and which the king may pardon yet when  sentence be Inst Cr car Cr James Noy f give and cost tax coke report a er p  for the plaintiff now the plaintiff have a particular interest in they by the  sentence which the king can pardon although a day be give for the payment of  they ut above the same law of suit aforesaid in the starchamber after sentence  give and cost tax for the party the pardon shall not discharge they but if the  Bulst Cr car Cr James g pardon have be obtain before the sentence there the  pardon have discharge the whole for then the court can not have proceed to any  sentence of the principal and by consequence not of the cost which be but  accessary although the defendant have   b palm Bulst roll Rep Jones keb Cr  Elizabeth a appeal by which the sentence to diverse purpose by the opinion of  the doctor of the spiritual law be suspend as appear in Cr Elizabeth b h guard  r quare hinder h mark dyer pl c yet by the first sentence the party  notwithstanding the appeal have a interest in the cost which can not be  discharge by the king pardon and therefore as to this purpose the first  sentence be not suspend by the appeal and afterward a consultation be grant  for the cost see salk whether a conviction of deerstealing be pardon by a Act  of general pardon note to former edition