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An Act concerning costs of prosecutions of slaves for minor offences. 1850 104 (1850.1)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0250 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI. ministrator or executor of any executor, de son tort, shall only be liable for the amount of assets in his hands. SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, That in all cases, Removal where any executor, de son tort, shall have re- of -executor moved, or may hereafter remove any property or assets of his testator or intestate, from any place without the limits of this State, where such testator or intestate shall die, or may have died, into this State, any creditor of such testator or intestate may commence or. sustain an action, either at law, or in equity, against such executor, de son tort, or against the administrator or executor of such executor, de son tort, and such creditor may recover in such action at law, or in equity, as the case may be, upon his claim, debt, or demand, if properly established, without the necessity of a previous judgment against such executor, de son tort, or his executor or administrator, on such claim, debt, or demand. SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 9, 1850. CHAPTER 35. AN ACT concerning costs of prosecutions of slaves for minor offences. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, That in all prosecutions of slaves before any justice of the peace, for any offence punishable with stripes only, the prosecutor, or prosecutors, shall be taxed with all costs of such prosecution, unless it shall appear, by evidence on the trial of said cause, that the master, owner, or overseer of such slave, had been informed of the offence charged to have been committed by such slave, or slaves, and had neglected or refused to give or administer reasonable correction therefor; and if it shall appear on such trial that the master, owner, or overseer of the accused slave, or slaves, had been so informed, and has neglected or re- fused to administer such reasonable correction, then, and in that case, such master, owner, or overseer, shall be taxed with the costs of 104

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