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An Act for the punishment of Crimes and Misdemeanors. 1822 206 (1822.6)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0067 and id is 1 raw text is: 206 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. AN ACT, for the punishment of Crimes and Misdemeanors. 1,c 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- tatives of the State of Mississippi, in General Assembly convened, 'That if any person or persons, owing allegiance to this state, shall levy war against it, or adhere to its enemies, giving them aid or comfort, within this state or elsewhere, or shall carry .on treasonable or treacherous correspondence with them, or shall.be any way concerned in.forniing any.plot or combina- tion, or conspiracy for betraying this state into the power of ,any foreign enemy, or shall give, or attempt to give any in- telligence to such enemy for the purpose of betraying this state, or any of its forts, garrisons, warlike stores, troops or militia, into the powerof any such enemy, every person so of- frnding. and being thereof legally convicted, upon the testi- niny of two credible witnesses, testifying to the same overt act, of which such person shall stand indicted, or upon volun- tary confession of such party, made in open court, shall be deemed guilty of treason, and shall suffer death. SEc. 2- .Every person who shall commit murder, or shall aid, abet, counsel, bire,,command, cause or procure any person or persons to commit murder, shall on being thereof con- victed, suffer death. SEc. 3. Every person liable to be prosecuted for petit treason, or as necessary thereto, shall in. future be indicted, proceeded against and punished, as is directed in other kinds of murder. SEC. 4. If any person o. persons shall commit the crime of. man slaughter, and be thereof convicted, Such person or per- sons shall be fined in such sum, and'*prisoned, for such length of time, as shall be adjudged by the court, and brand- ea in the hand with the letter M, in open court. SEc 5. It any person or pqrsons, on purpose and of malice aforethought, shall unlawfully cut or bite off the ear or ears; or cut jut, or disable the tongue; put out the eye, 'while fighting or otherwise; slit the nose or lip; cut or bite off the nose or lip; or cut off or disable any limbor metrmber of any person whatever, he shall be dpemed.guilty, of mayheim; and in every such cas# . the person or persons so oflfi.ding, their counsellors, aid- ern and abettors, shall on conviction thereof, pay a fine not ex':eeding one thousand dollars, at the discretion of the court; and shall stand in the pillory t *o hours every day, not ex- ceeding three days. SEc. 6. Every person who shall assault another with intent to commit rmurder, rape or robbery, shall on conviction there- of be fined at the discretion of the court, and be imprisoned 4

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