The Law of Magistrates and Constables in the State of South-Carolina: Comprising a Digest of the Duties and Powers of These Officers, as Established by the Statute Law, and Adjudged Cases in the Courts of this State. With an Addition of the Common Law of Crime. To which is Added, a Number of Warrants and Other Precedents, Under Their Several HeadsWalker & Burke, 1848 - 539 páginas |
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Página xvi
... slaves and free persons of colour for all manner of offences whatsoever , was committed to justices of the peace , in some instances to ope , and in others to two justices ; but now by Act 1839 , one may try a slave or free person of ...
... slaves and free persons of colour for all manner of offences whatsoever , was committed to justices of the peace , in some instances to ope , and in others to two justices ; but now by Act 1839 , one may try a slave or free person of ...
Página 18
... slave . 1st . Of what offences . All persons concerned in treason are principals ; so also in assault and battery ... slave , and the confessions of the slave admitting his guilt as principal , are evidence against a white person on ...
... slave . 1st . Of what offences . All persons concerned in treason are principals ; so also in assault and battery ... slave , and the confessions of the slave admitting his guilt as principal , are evidence against a white person on ...
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... slaves . On the examination of two or more slaves for any offence , if the testimony be insufficient to warrant a conviction , a magistrate may admit any one who will make a full disclosure , to be a witness against the others , with ...
... slaves . On the examination of two or more slaves for any offence , if the testimony be insufficient to warrant a conviction , a magistrate may admit any one who will make a full disclosure , to be a witness against the others , with ...
Página 28
... slave or free person of color shall be convicted of a capital offence , and sentenced to suffer death , application in his behalf may be made to any one of the circuit judges or judges of the Court of Appeals , either in open court or ...
... slave or free person of color shall be convicted of a capital offence , and sentenced to suffer death , application in his behalf may be made to any one of the circuit judges or judges of the Court of Appeals , either in open court or ...
Página 44
... SLAVES AND FREE PERSONS OF Color . 3d . PRECEDENTS . 1st . As to White Persons . If any person shall shoot off any gun or ... slave shall have a ticket or license in writing from his owner or owners , or be employed to hunt and kill game ...
... SLAVES AND FREE PERSONS OF Color . 3d . PRECEDENTS . 1st . As to White Persons . If any person shall shoot off any gun or ... slave shall have a ticket or license in writing from his owner or owners , or be employed to hunt and kill game ...
Términos y frases comunes
1st Russell accessary action appear appointed apprentice arrest assault authority award bail benefit of clergy cause charge chattels clerk command committed common law constable coroner Court Court of Sessions crime criminal custody death debt defendant delivered detainer distrained district aforesaid dollars duty entry evidence exceeding execution felony feme covert forfeit forfeiture free person freeholders guilty hand and seal hath hereby holden horse hue and cry Ibid imprisonment indictment infant intent jail jailor judge judgement jury justice justice of peace keep kill larceny liable libel magistrate malice manner manslaughter matter ment mestizoes mulatto murder oath offence owner parish party peace penalty perjury person of color person or persons plaintiff possession prisoner proceedings prosecution punishment recognizance recovered rent robbery sheriff slave SOUTH-CAROLINA statute statute of limitations steal sufficient surety taken tenant tion trespass trial unlawful usurious warrant witness
Pasajes populares
Página 41 - EF or his certain attorney, his executors, administrators or assigns, to which payment, well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents ; Sealed with my seal.
Página 296 - Express malice is when one, with a sedate deliberate mind and formed design, doth kill another : which formed design is evidenced by external circumstances discovering that inward intention; as lying in wait, antecedent menaces, former grudges, and concerted schemes to do him some bodily harm.
Página 119 - Any person who shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting any...
Página 443 - ... executing the same in a violent and turbulent manner, to the terror of the people, whether the act intended were of itself lawful or unlawful".
Página 24 - ... he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.
Página 432 - And, first, the party ravished may give evidence upon oath, and is in law a competent witness ; but the credibility of her testimony, and how far forth she is to be believed, must be left to the jury upon the circumstances of fact that concur in that testimony.
Página 487 - That if any person or persons, owing allegiance to the United States of America shall levy war against them, or shall adhere to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, and shall be thereof convicted, on confession in open court...
Página 386 - ... shall be commenced and sued within the time and limitation hereafter expressed, and not after, (that is to say,) the said actions upon the case (other than for slander) and the said actions for account, and the said actions for trespass, debt, detinue, and replevin for goods or...
Página 473 - Action may plead the General Issue, and give the special Matter in Evidence; and if upon such Action...
Página 161 - ... whatsoever, unless the party at whose suit the said execution is sued out shall, before the removal of such goods from off the said premises by virtue of such execution...