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Of the custody and management of the estates of convicts. 1854-1855 1211 (1855)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmo0145 and id is 1 raw text is: PRACTICE IN CRIMINAL CASES. CHAP. 127. by the Constitution, to grant pardons, he may grant the same with subi conditions, and under such restrictions, as he may think proper. SEC. 25.-Any person may be prosecuted, tried and pun- ished, for any offence punishable with death, or by imprison- ment in the penitentiary during life, at any time after the offence shall be committed. SEC. 26.-No person Shall be tried, prosecuted or pun- ished, for any felony other than as specified in the last sec- tion, unless an indictment for such offence be found within three years after the commission of the offence. SEc. 27.-No person shall be prosecuted, tried or pun- ished, for any offence other than felony, or for any fine or forfeiture, unless the indictment be found on a prosecution instituted within one year after the commission of the offence, or incurring the fine or forfeiture. SEO. 28.-Nothing contained in the two preceding sec. tions shall avail any person who Shall lice from justice; and, in all cases, the time during which any defendant shall not have been an inhabitant of, or usually resident within, this State, shall not constitute any part of the limitation prescribed in the preceding sections. SEc. 29.-Where any illnictavent or prosecution shall be quashed, set aside or reversed, the time during which the same was pending shall not be computed as part of the time of the limitation prescribed for the offence. (a) ARTICLE X. OF THE CUSTODY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ESTATES OF CONVICTS. 1. Convicts for life civilitis mor- tuus, their estates admninis- tered accordingly. 2. Convicts for termis of years, their estates confided by the court to a trustoo. 3. When appointed. 4. Trustee to take oath and give bond. 5. Trustee under the superintend- ing control of the court. 6. Convict's estate vested in the trustee. (a) Soo, State v. English, 2 Me. Rep., 182. 7. Powers and duties of the trus- tee. 8. What lie may do under the di- rection of the court. 0. Further powers. 10. Further powers tobe exercised, under the direction of the court. 11. Trustee to give notice; its contents. 12. How published. 18. Such notice not to affect his right of action. No limita- tion to prose- cutions for capital of- fences, &c. Limitation- to prosecu- tions for other felonies. Limitation to prosecu- tiolns for mis- demicanors. When party flees fromi.jus- tice, the time he is absent not to be comn- puted. If the in- (iditn ct is quishd, &c., what time not to be comn- puted. 1211

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