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An Act to amend the act establishing Circuit Courts so far as relates to the trial of Slaves. 1806 61 (1806)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0054 and id is 1 raw text is: pi to the institution, anid which are agreeatble to the laI qO ad no paat io th¢ po icrs of LrlS.. ees to othar 4C4rfies'. 'rhis ad shaft cqin t nce and be in force fidn Cornmmqc its8 passage. .*; AN ACt 7 4 anjod the atY etakhihing Circuit Cour.t. .re r as relates to the triel f 8,a s;.. i. fe it enasted Ay t ii gnmiral !.rembly, 'Tat it shall be the duty of the courts of this coi- nionwealth, entrusted and charged with the trial of slaves, to assign and appoint counsel learned tnl,,. in the law, to detobad any slayc tried before thein for a charge of felony, in all cases where th i mas- ter of such slave shall fail or rcfuse to employ fovAniel for that purpose ; and it shall be the du- ty 4.f the counsel so assigned to defend such slave as in ca:s of free per~ons prosecuted fqr felony by the laws of this state. : i. dqd bt itfurihrr naded, Theft it shall be the duty of tize owner of any slave, his agent ot CwpI.x guardiani, prose,utecd ccording to. the piOrvisions ,.one of this ad, to em.ploy a at.torney to defed Aic slave ; itd if lit', she, or they, elhall fail so to do, on the;r *&kT it shall be the duty of the cot-t to assign coun-. lu',court ft, sel to defend Ruch slave ; and all such attornie shall receivt for their servikesfirm the ynist1i; owner, or gurdian to the owaer of sigh Slave, any sum that the court shall deem reasonable, rai. and order, not cxcecding ao dolltr,, which shall be recoverable as other deblts of like mag itude,C ' 3. i nd be itjiriher enafled, '[hat where any n lCrnlcs wit- lave 81all bc accused, Appriinded, auc[ brought 1rpi-,derov

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