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Of offences affecting the lives and persons of individuals. 1854-1855 557 (1855)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmo0134 and id is 1 raw text is: CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. CHAP. 50. of slaves, negroes, or free persons of color in this State, against the citizens of this State, or any part of them, or! calculated to induce or licourage slaves to escape from their owners or masters, sutih person mo offending shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary, not less than two years for the first offence, and not less than ten years for a second offence. SEC. 12.-Every person committing any of the offences enumerated in the two last sections may be indicted and tried in any county in this State, to which any such written or printed papers, newspapers, pamphlets, circulars, pictures or devices, may be carried or sent, by himself, or through any agency or means whatsoever. SEC. 13. -Every white person who shall be convicted of any of the offences punishable by the provisions of this ar- ticle, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, shall thereafter be incompetent to be a juror in any case, and shall be forever disqualified from voting at any election, or holding any office of honor, profit or trust, within this State. ARTICLE 11. OF OFFENCES AFFECTING TIRE LIVES AND PERSONS OF INDIVIDUALS. 1. Murder in the first degree. 2. Murder in the second degree. 3. l'uishnient for murder in the first and second degrees. 4. Justifiable homicide. 6. Excusable hiomicide. 6. Verdict of not guilty directed, wlhen. 7. Killing, without design to ef- feet death, &c., manslaugh- ter. 8. Assisting another in self-mur- der, manshughtor. 9. Killing of unborn quick child, manslaughter. 10. Administering medicine, or using instrument to destroy quick child, manslaughter. 11. Killing in the heat of passion, without a design to effect death, manslaughter. 12. Killing any person unnecessa- rily, while resisting attompt to commit felony, &o., man- slaughter. 13. Killing in heat of passion, with- out design, &e., manslaughter. 14. Killing, whilst person is com- mitting trespass, &c., man- slaughter. 15. Owner of mischievous animal, which kills a person whilst running at large, deemed guilty of manslaughter. 16. Person navigating boat or ves- sel declared guilty of man- slaughter, when. 17. Captain, engineer, &a., of steamboat deemed guilty of manslaughter, when. 18. Engineer runing engine when not in good repair, punish- ment of. 19. Master, owner or engineer of steamboat, running such boat when engine or machinery is out of repair, punishment. 20. If any person is killed by run- ning such engine, &o., doom- ed manslaughter. Persons so offending in- dicted and tried, where. Disqualifica- tion.

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