Acts. 93

of this Act Consult Advise or Conspire to Rebell or Raise any Insur-
rection within this Province or to Murder Or Poison Any Person
or Persons whatsoever or to Commit a Rape upon any White
Woman or to burn any house or Houses and be thereof Convict by
Confession or Verdict shall Suffer Death as in Cases of Fellony
without Benifit of Clergy And be it further Enacted that any
Slave who shall Attempt to burn any Dwelling House or out House
Contiguous to or used with Any Dwelling House or any other House
wherein there shall be Any Person or Persons or Any Goods Mer-
chandizes Tobacco Indian Corn or Other Grain or Fodder & shall
be thereof Convict as aforesaid shall Suffer Death as a Felon without
Benefitt of Clergy And be it further Enacted that Every Slave Com-
mitting Any of the Felonies herein before mentioned or Any other
Offence which may by Law Subject such Slave to the Pains of
Death shall be Committed to the Sheriff of the County where the
Offence shall be Committed and that at the next Assizes or County
Court which shall first Happen to be held for the County where the
Offence shall be Committed the Justices of Assize or Either of
them or County Court which shall first Happen shall & may by
Virtue of this Act Try Every such Offender or Offenders Ac-
cording to Law & upon the Conviction of the Offender or Offen-
ders upon his her or their Voluntary Confession or the Ver-
dict of a Jury upon the Testimony of one or more Legall or Credible
Witness or Witnesses or Even the Testimony or Evidence of other
Slaves Coroborated with such Pregnant Circumstances as shall
Convince & Satisfie the Jury who shall Try the fact of the Guilt of
such Slave or Slaves to give Judgment According to the nature &
Quality of the Offence And be it Further Enacted that any Slave
or Slaves who shall give any false Testimony Against any Slave or
Slaves who shall be Prosecuted as aforesaid & shall be thereof
Legally Convict shall have one Ear Cut off on the Day of his or her
Conviction & receive thirty nine Stripes on the bare back and that
the other Ear shall be Cropt the next Day & the Like number of
Stripes given the Offender on his or her bare back & to the End that
such Slave or Slaves as shall be Produced as a Witness or Witnesses
against other Slave or Slaves may be Deterred from Giving false
Testimony Be it Enacted that the Justices of Assize or Either of
them then Sitting or the Justice of the County Court who shall
Preside shall Admonish & Charge such Witness or Witnesses to
Declare the truth the whole Truth & nothing but the truth and
Acquaint him her or them with the Danger and Consequence of
Giving false Testimony And be it further Enacted that when any
Slave shall be Condemned to Suffer Death that such slave shall be
Valued by the Justices of Assize or Either of them then Present or
County Court according to the best of their Knowledge which said
whole Value shall be paid by the Treasurer of the Respective Shoare