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An Act concerning the crimes of Poisoning and Stabbing and prescribing the punishment thereof. 1822 221 (1822.6)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0068 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF. THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.

ed States, or the territories thereof, to which such person shall
have Oied, in the same manner, and under the same rules and-
regulations, as prescribed by the foregoing section.
SEc. 74. If any person shall wilfully pull down any ad-
vertisement, which is required by law to be set up by any
person or persons; he or she so offending, shall forfeit and pay
ft~r the first offence, five-dollars,. and for every like offence
thereafter, ten dollars, to be recovered before any justice of
the peace, by any person suing for the same; which fine when
collected, shall be paid into the county treasury, for county
purposes.
SEc. 75. All persons shall be bailable, unless for capital of-
fences where the proof shall be evident, or the presumption
great, by any justice of the peace, before whom the offender
may be brought, before commitment, or by any one of the
judges of the supreme court, or courts of chancery, thereafter.
COWLES MEAD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID DICKSON,
Lieutenant-Governor and President of the Senatl.
Approved: June the 14th, 1822.
WALTER LEAKE.
AN ACT concerning the crimes of Poisoning and Stabbing,
and prescribing-the punishment thereof.
SEC. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0f Represen-
tatives of the State of Mississippi, in General .Assembly convened,
That all wilful killing by poisoning of any person or persons,
done, perpetrated or committed, or that at any time hereafter,
shall be done, perpetrated or committed, shall be adjudged,
taken and deemed wilful murder of malice prepense; and the
offenders therein, their aiders, abettors, procurers, and coun-
sellors, shall on conviction thereof, suffer death.
SEc. 2. If any person or persons shall stab or thrust any
person or persons, that hath not then any weapon drawn, or
that hath not then first stricken the party who shall so stab or
thrust, so as the person or persons so stabed or thrust, shall,
thereof die, within the space of six months thenonext follow-
ing, although it cannot be proved that the same was done of
malice aforethought, every such unlawful killing shall be ad
judged, taken and deemed, wilful murder; and the offendera;
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