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An Act for the pardon of a certain negro man slave, named Peter. 1792 34 (1792)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0003 and id is 1 raw text is: ( 34 ) A'N .A C T For the pardon of a certain negro man Itive, namcd Peter. W 11 EI E A S at a court of jdlifce, hlid in and for the county of VV 1 ichmund. onl the feo -d day of Aunit 1fl, a negro man Ilave, samcd Peter, the propeiy of Zephaniah Iall, I el. was tricd for, aid convided tf the murder bf a negmo by, nalied i nJdon, the proCrty of the faid .Zephanii.ih Beall. And wbreas the eCLUtioi of the negro man, named I et r, hAs twen rrlpitCo by his Ux.'liency the Governor until -the meeting of the I.egifl.,ture, Ie it ier or., en.,aed bv the.Se:ate and Bolw/ of Repre/eniadivs of the St/ o4 rpgo, Ill Girnra? V/f MIlY met, and by te aulbority c/ the Jpme, 'I hat t~e aiid nio man flave, nimed Petsr, bcand is hrriby pA*:iuied. 4nd e it ftiler enaled, thii his 1.xcelIIncv tite *evernor he, and Le is licihly autih) iled tu take tuch Itep ie m.ty dvm nwceiTary for havtisg the dacrid ne.-ro min il ive Peter, tium.pui ted frum, and vith out the limits CA the United States. . . ILLIAll G;II1HIONS, Sp.*alvr rf ikv BENJAMIN. T l.1 F* R- 0, Pre/s- dent 1v t S da1e. Concurred December 3. 1792 -F.I)WARI) Ti I*Allt, Gove-nor. AN A' CT To pun(hflJ pcrfons convild of. f:k&a iog I lrfs, Aff.s or Mulo1s, Wilih (Lath. BE Iit eialled by the Senate and lHouf' of R prduentat/ivs c/the Ftate of BGeor ga, in General rin /v il, and /y ILt authrily Ci 1e /wit, That if any peonfun after the pAling of this ao, thall telunioully Cleal, lead, take or d ive away any hom fe, mare, c'lt. fillv, as or mmutme, or I-c acccl- fary thereto, and being thereof duly cfnvilt*<t. fhall be adju1ed1 gu:1ry of felony: Such perdon or persons tIo convithd as afncfli hill fatfT-r death without benefit of clergy, by being hangcd by the octk unil he, the', or they be dead. 4 n it /urther ematled by the authority r/.id, TR2t all other a1s or parts of ad , refpcting the puniah o t ie aforeind Lrimcs, be, and they are ILreby repealed. . . . .. . WILLIAM Gilit-No, ipeder of th .louje.of Refrt/4ntatiAi'l. 13ENJAMIN TALIAFERRO, Pre- fident of the Srenit. Concurr4 Dteer 3, 3792. .00 D DWARD TELFAIR, Gevernor. An

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