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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0413 and id is 1 raw text is: 151
No. 12L] AN ACT
Relative .to,Qriniial Proceedings.
Presecuntios not SaCriok 1. Be it e*cted by t4e Sqnate and IHouse of .Repre.
nptl, 1)' inform. entatives of the State .Of LouiAirna i General Assembly con-
venqd, That prosecutions for offences not.capital may be by informa-
tion, with the consent of the 'court frst obtained.
Prosecntions not Si~e. .2. Be it further enacted, Ac., That .noconviction for any
to orke corrupon o tion of blood,,or sulbject the offen-
der to tiny other forfeiture or penaltythan such as i declared and
specified by law.
Convicnion.lo carry Sc. ,3. Be ,itfutrthter enacted, ,d&., That.every judgmentof con-
Cto or prosePuboniction shallsithject the person convicted to the payment of all costs
a hJata ot.'
of tie Iproscoution whether so stated in the sentence or not. But in
no case shall any person be subject to the payment of costs in any
criminal prosdution when acquitted by the court or jury.
neraun orsynegt SEC. 4. Be it fither. enacted, Adc., That every person being
nt adjudged to pay a fine, shall, in default of payment or recovery there-
year. of, be scifteded to be imprisoned for a period not exceeding one year.
Imprisonment for guc. 5. He it further.enacted, &c., That whenever a person is
fineand costs, nisol-.
Vent laws 4VIuIdII). 'sentenced to inuprisominont for- a giveni tine, aind to pay a fine and
costs, and to stand committed until they are paid, and he has not the
means to make the payment, he any, after having served the time
for which be was sentenced, be enabled to take the benefit of the
insolvent laws for the fine and costs or either of them.
Niseructiql of the SEC. 6. Be it fitr710 mwcted, tfc., That whenever the punish-
crt n10onor to e mIent of fine and inprisonment are left by law at the discretion of
imprisonment two any court,. the fine sh0l not exceed one thousand dollars, nor the
years. imprisonment two years.
DeauthPanging. SEC. 7. Be it ,flnter nac/NeC, &c'., That the manner of inflict-
ing the punishment of death, shall be by hanging by the neck until
'dead.
Convicted persons Sie. S. Be it further enacted, &c., That till convicts sentenced
tbe ieiive'red by tim to
Serii ha t ith s leto imprisonment at hard labor, by tiny of the courts of this State,
tirY. shallbe conveyed by the Sheriff of the parish in which the prisoner
has been convicted, to the penitentiary at Baton Rouge, and there
delivered to the keoper of the penitentiary.
Partaie *iim~tiredt Sco. .9. Be it further enacted, &c. That in all criminal cases
cti oti frINvia. Where injury to tic person or property has been sustained, the party
injured or damaged shall have his civil action for damages,.notwith-
standing the conviction.
Prosecutii to he SEC. 10. Be it fu/e?:r ezacted, 'C., That no person shall be
brought withuin one
yearuftertaa.oirence, prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offence, wilful murder, arson,
n o 1~ rand robbery, forgery, and countter*feiting excepted, unless the indictment
to extend to persons or presentment for the samie be found gr exhibited within one year
abeconding. next after the ofnce Islall have been made known to a public officer
having the poiver to direct the inestigation or prosecution. Nor
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