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ceiving stolen goods, be admitted to give evidence for or against the

accused— 1801, ch. 109, ........

465

The party prosecuted for a libel may give the truth of the matter

charged in evidence under the general issue, by way of justifica-

tion— 1803, ch. 54, .........

482

Proof required of letters of attorney for the acknowledgment of deeds

—1807, ch. 154, sec. 2, p. 556 ; 1813, ch. 104, sec. 2,

619

In criminal prosecutions against any negro or slave, or mulatto de-

scended from a white woman, or any negro or mulatto free or freed,

the testimony of any negro or mulatto slave, or of any mulatto

descendant from a white woman, or of any negro or mulatto free

or freed, may be received in evidence for or against them — 1808,

ch. 81, ...........

564

An approver shall never be admitted in any case whatever — 1809, ch.

138, sec. 10, ..........

533

Copies under seal of the records of receipts, final discharges, &c. to

executors, administrators and guardians, to be admitted as evidence

—1809, ch. 168, sec. 2, ........

592

Deeds for the manumission of slaves, which had been acknowledged

and recorded according to the act of 1796, ch. 67, declared valid,

although not evidenced by two or more witnesses — 1810, ch. 15,

sec.1...... ......

596

A copy of any such deed, duly attested, to be good evidence thereof

—1810, ch. 15, sec. 2, ........

597

Rights of purchasers saved — 1810, ch. 15, sec. 2,

597

Copies from any of the books, papers, &c. in the possession of the re-

gister of the land-office, (not matter of record,) to be received in

evidence, when attested under seal, to have the same effect as the

originals — 1812, ch. 82, ........

610

The sentence of a foreign court, &c. not to be conclusive evidence of

any facts, &c. therein contained, except of the acts and doings of

such court, &c. — 1813, ch. 164, ......

623

Letters testamentary or of administration, granted in the District of

Columbia, or a copy certified under the seal of the authority grant

ing the same, shall be sufficient evidence to prove the granting

thereof, &c.— 1813, ch. 165, .......

623

Copies of final discharges, &c. to trustees, attested under the seal ol

office, to be admitted as evidence — 1816, ch. 134,

642

Convicts confined in the penitentiary, may be admitted as witnesses

where persons confined therein are on trial, for an offence com-

milled while thus confined, both for and against — 1817, ch. 72

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

656

Certificates by county clerks as therein directed to be evidence of the

receipt and delivery of process to sheriffs, &c. — 1817, ch. 139

sec. 3, ..........

670

Evidence required as to the return by the sheriffs — 1817, ch. 139, sec. 7

672

Directions concerning the evidence in prosecutions against retailers of

liquors in the counties therein mentioned, suffering negroes, Sec. to