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Such persons, unknowingly purchasing, and afterwards giving informa-

tion on oath, to a justice, not liable to prosecution — 1817, ch. 112,

sec. 2, ...........

659

Justices to take recognizances in cases of suspicion — 1617, cli. 112,

sec. 5, ...........

661

Punishment for setting fire to or burning the bridge over Susquehanna,

near Rock Run— 1817, ch...133, sec. 7, .....

663

The third section of the act of 1816, ch. 219, to suppress duelling,

repealed— 1817, ch. 222, ........

684

Free persona convicted of enticing any slave or servant to run away, or

harbouring such slave, &c. to undergo a confinement in the peni-

tentiary not exceeding .six years — .1818, ch. 157, sec. 2,

691

Declared not lawful for the courts to sentence negro or mulatto slaves

convicted of any crime after the passage of this act to undergo a

confinement in the penitentiary — 1818, ch. 197, sec. 1, .

702

Such negroes, &c. convicted of any crime perpetrated after the passage

of this act, which may not in the discretion of the court, be pun-

ished by hanging, to be whipped, or to be banished by transporta-

tion and sale into some foreign country, or some one of the United

States, or territories, other than the District of Columbia — 1818,

ch. 197, sec. 2, ..........

702

Directions for the valuation and payment — 1818, ch. 197, sec. 2,

702

Such parts of the acts of April session, 1715, ch. 27, as directs punish-

ment by whipping, and of the act of September session, 1723, ch.

16, as directs punishment by boring through the tongue, burning

through the forehead, and whipping, repealed — 1819, ch. 49,

706

Persons stealing and taking away tobacco plants while growing, subject

to the same punishment as if stolen and carried away when severed

from the freehold— 1819, ch. 88, ......

710

Every person, his aiders, &c. convicted of kidnapping, and forcibly or

fraudulently stealing, taking or carrying away any white child or

children under the age of sixteen years, to undergo a confinement

in the penitentiary not less than five nor more than twelve years —

1819, ch. 132, .........

711

Any president or director of any chartered bank, fraudulently embez-

zling money, goods, 8tc. belonging to such bank, with his adviser,

procurer, aider or abettor, shall be guilty of felony, and on convic-

tion shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than five nor

more than fifteen years — 1820, ch. 162, sec. 1, .

735

Any cashier, servant, agent or. clerk, to any person or corporation, frau-

dulently embezzling money, goods, &c. coming into his possession

as cashier, &c. with his adviser, aider, procurer or abettor, to be

deemed guilty of felony, &c. and to be punished by confinement in

the penitentiary not less than 5 nor more than 15 years — 1820, ch.

162, sec. 2, ..........

735

The act of 1819, ch. 145, repealed— 1820, ch. 162, sec. 3,

735

So much of the act of 1723, ch. 15, as directs slaves to be punished

by cropping the ear, repealed — 1821, ch. 240, sec. 1, . .

240

Punishment by whipping, substituted — 1821, ch. 210, sec. 2,

240