2600 INDEX TO THE
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Such persons, unknowingly purchasing, and afterwards giving informa-
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tion on oath, to a justice, not liable to prosecution — 1817, ch. 112,
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sec. 2, ...........
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659
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Justices to take recognizances in cases of suspicion — 1617, cli. 112,
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sec. 5, ...........
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661
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Punishment for setting fire to or burning the bridge over Susquehanna,
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near Rock Run— 1817, ch...133, sec. 7, .....
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663
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The third section of the act of 1816, ch. 219, to suppress duelling,
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repealed— 1817, ch. 222, ........
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684
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Free persona convicted of enticing any slave or servant to run away, or
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harbouring such slave, &c. to undergo a confinement in the peni-
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tentiary not exceeding .six years — .1818, ch. 157, sec. 2,
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691
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Declared not lawful for the courts to sentence negro or mulatto slaves
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convicted of any crime after the passage of this act to undergo a
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confinement in the penitentiary — 1818, ch. 197, sec. 1, .
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702
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Such negroes, &c. convicted of any crime perpetrated after the passage
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of this act, which may not in the discretion of the court, be pun-
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ished by hanging, to be whipped, or to be banished by transporta-
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tion and sale into some foreign country, or some one of the United
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States, or territories, other than the District of Columbia — 1818,
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ch. 197, sec. 2, ..........
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702
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Directions for the valuation and payment — 1818, ch. 197, sec. 2,
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702
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Such parts of the acts of April session, 1715, ch. 27, as directs punish-
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ment by whipping, and of the act of September session, 1723, ch.
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16, as directs punishment by boring through the tongue, burning
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through the forehead, and whipping, repealed — 1819, ch. 49,
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706
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Persons stealing and taking away tobacco plants while growing, subject
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to the same punishment as if stolen and carried away when severed
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from the freehold— 1819, ch. 88, ......
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710
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Every person, his aiders, &c. convicted of kidnapping, and forcibly or
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fraudulently stealing, taking or carrying away any white child or
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children under the age of sixteen years, to undergo a confinement
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in the penitentiary not less than five nor more than twelve years —
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1819, ch. 132, .........
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711
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Any president or director of any chartered bank, fraudulently embez-
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zling money, goods, 8tc. belonging to such bank, with his adviser,
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procurer, aider or abettor, shall be guilty of felony, and on convic-
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tion shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than five nor
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more than fifteen years — 1820, ch. 162, sec. 1, .
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735
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Any cashier, servant, agent or. clerk, to any person or corporation, frau-
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dulently embezzling money, goods, &c. coming into his possession
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as cashier, &c. with his adviser, aider, procurer or abettor, to be
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deemed guilty of felony, &c. and to be punished by confinement in
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the penitentiary not less than 5 nor more than 15 years — 1820, ch.
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162, sec. 2, ..........
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735
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The act of 1819, ch. 145, repealed— 1820, ch. 162, sec. 3,
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735
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So much of the act of 1723, ch. 15, as directs slaves to be punished
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by cropping the ear, repealed — 1821, ch. 240, sec. 1, . .
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240
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Punishment by whipping, substituted — 1821, ch. 210, sec. 2,
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240
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