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An Act to alter, amend and add to the Penal Code of this State. 1855-1856 265 (1855)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0428 and id is 1 raw text is: To alter, amend, &c. or carry, or cause to be carried away out of this State, or any coun- ty thereof, any slave, being the property of another person, without carrying of the consent of the owner, or other person having authority to give such consent, either with or without intention or design, to sell or otherwise appropriate such slave to his or her own use, or shall by bribery, promises of freedom, or any other inticement, induce any slave in this State, to leave the services of his owner, or who shall attempt by bribery, promises of freedom, or any other inticement, to induce a slave the property of another person, to runaway or pesal,. to leave the service of his owner, such person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be indicted and tried for the same, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by con- finement at labour in the Penitentiary for any term not less than seven years, nor longer than ten years.* *The 10th section of the 13th division, provided that if the slaves were carried away without intention to sell, the person so carrying should be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by fine or imprisonment in the common jail at the discretion of the Court. (No. 201.) An Act to alter, amend and add to the Penal Code of thzs State. APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. 2. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the pas- age of this act, when any mortal wound shall be given, or poison Capital administered or any other means shall be employed upon soil be- u.s. son longing to the United States or soil the jurisdiction to which has been ceded to the United States within the geographical limits of the State of.Georgia, by which a human being, either free or slave, shall be killed, who shall die thereof in any county of this State, and not upon the said soil, the indictment shall be found and the When tied. offender shall be tried for the offence in the Superior Court of the county where the death ensues, which Court shall have jurisdiction of the offence. 3. SEc. II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, section XLIII, forty-three, and LIII, fifty-three pesto of the fourth division of the Penal Code of this State shall apply to connitted offences committed upon a slave, or free person of color, by a slaeo. white person.* 4. Sec. Ill. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Penalty for passage of this act, any person who shall be guilty of the offence of a shooting at another, or at any slave or free person of color, except in his own defence with a gun, pistol or other instrument of the like kind, shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisonment not less than twelve months or confinement in the Penitentiary at the discretion of the Court. 5. Sec. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) * Sec. 43 of the 4th div. provides for the pushment of assaults with intent to mur- der, and sec. 53 for the offence of stabbing. 17 PUBLIC LAWS-PENAL CODE. 265

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