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An Act to reduce into one the several acts concerning the writ of Habeas Corpus, and to annul the remedy by writ de homine replegiando 1822 266 (1822.6)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0072 and id is 1 raw text is: 260 LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. trators, as the testator or intestate if living, might or could have done. Sc. 23. It shall not be lawful for any person taking any distress todrive or remove the same out of the county where such distress was taken; and if any person shall so remove any -goods andchattels, distrained as aforesaid, such person shall on conviction, he fined at the discretion of the court before whom the conviction may be had, and shall, moreover, beli- able to the action of the party aggrieved, for all damages oc- casioned thereby; and moteover, distresses shall in all cases be reasonable, and not too great; and any person who shall make an unreasonable distress, under color of this act, shall be liable to the action of the party grieved, for damages. COWLES MEAD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. DAVID DICKSON, Lieutenant-Governor and President of the Sengtr. ,-Approved June the 10th, 1822. WALTER LEAKE. ,AN ACT, to reduce into one the several acts, concerning the writ of Habeas Corpus, and to annul the remedy by writ de honine replegiando. SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenw ;tdives of the State of Mississippi, in General Assembly convened, That whenever any person detained in. custody, charged with a criminal offence, shall, by himself or some other person in his behalf, apply to the Supreme Court, or any Circuit Court of law, or Court of Chancery in this state, or to any iudge thereof in vacation, for a writ of Habeas Corpus ad subjicien- dum, and shall shew, by affidavit or other evidence,. probadk cause to believe that he is detained in custody without lawful authority, it shall be the duty of the court or,judge to whom such application shall be made, forthwith to grant the writi which shall be issued by the clerk of the Supreme, Circuit Court, or Court of Chancery, as the case may be- directed to the person in whose custody the applicant is detained, and re- turnable irimediately before such court or judge, or any of the said courts or judges, or at such other time and place as the court or judge granting the same shall direct and appoint: Provided, That in all cases where it shall appear necessary, the court or judge granting the writ, shall previously require bod, with suffcient security, executed in such manner, and ip

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