PUBLIC GENERAL LAW.

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Any person who shall falsely make, alter, forge or counterfeit, (or cause

or procure the same, or willingly assist in making, &c. or shall

utter, publish or pass knowing to be falsely made, &c. any warrant

or order for payment of any money, or delivery of goods or other

valuable articles, whether said warrant or order contain a simple

request to pay said money or deliver said goods, &c. with intention

to defraud, &c. shall be deemed a felon, and on conviction to be

confined in the penilenitary not less than six months, nor more

than three years — 1822, ch. 169, ......

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All murder committed by any person in arresting or imprisoning, or in

attempting to arrest and imprison any free person or persons enti-

tled to his freedom at & certain age or contingency — with intent

forcibly to carry such person out of the state — the person commit-

ting such murder, knowing such person to be free or entitled to his

freedom, shall be deemed guilty of murder of the first degree, and

being convicted shall suffer death by hanging by the neck — 1824,

ch. 144, ...........

813

Cutting timber with intent to steal the same, declared felony — 1826,

ch. 260, sec. 1, ..........

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Destroying grain, shrubs, vines or vegetables, advisedly and mali-

ciously, made a misdemeanor — 1826, ch. 260, sec. 2, .

918

On what counties this act operates — 1826, ch. 260, sec. 3,

918

Free negroes and mulattoes may be sentenced to confinement in the

penitentiary — 1826, ch. 229, .......

894

Free negroes inducing a slave to run away, subject to confinement in

the penitentiary — 1827, ch. 15, sec. 1, .

920

Slaves convicted of a like ofTcnce, shall receive thirty-nine lashes — -

1827, ch. 15, sec. 2, .........

920

Additional supplement to the act of 1809, concerning — 1827, ch. 62,

923

Persons passing counterfeit bank notes, deemed ft felon, and liable to

confinement in the penitentiary — 1827, ch. 62, sec. 1, .

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For the second offence may be sentenced to confinement for not less

than ten nor more than twenty years — 1827, ch. 62, sec. 2, .

923

Any person committed to gaol by judgment of any court, for non-

payment of any penalty, &c. not exceeding $50, and shall have

remained there for thirty days, or who shall be committed for non-

payment of any penalty, &c. above $50, and not exceeding $100,

for the space of sixty days, to be discharged on account of penalty

and costs, if he prove his inability to pay, &c. — 1S30, ch. 145,

1004

Any person falsely making, forging or counterfeiting any letter, or

writing, requesting payment of money or delivery of goods, &c. or

who shall fraudulently obtain money or goods by means of such

letters, &c. or who shall knowingly alter or publish any such letter,

&c. shall upon conviction be confined in the penitentiary for a

period not less than two, or more then ten years — 1831, ch. 208,

sec. 1, ...........

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Where an infant under 15 years is convicted of any indictable offence

other than malicious felony, court may suspend sentence, and bind

out such person in, or out of the state, or procure employment, and

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