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An Act to provide for the Payment of Costs in Prosecutions against Slaves. 1855-1856 95 (1855)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0187 and id is 1 raw text is: 95 . be void or voidable, but shall be as valid as if this act had not been passed. SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That any officer or other person named in the first section of this act, who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction by indictment or presentment, shall be punished as in other cases of mis- demeanor, and shall, moreover, be liable to the party injured thereby, for all damages resulting therefrom. NEILL S. BROWN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. EDWARD S. CHEATHAM, Speaker of the Senale. Passed February 25, 1856. CHAPTER 84. AN ACT to provide for the Paymont of Costs in Prosecutions against Slaves. Bc it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That when any slaAe shall be tried for any ofience which, under the laws of this State, amount to felony, when committed by a slave, the court trying such cause shall, whatever may be the event of the couse, enter up judgment against the State for all costs incurred in behalf of the State, which shall be certified by the Judge and Attorney General, and paid as in other cases : Provided, that, if the court shall be of opinion that the prosecution is frivolous or malicious, the prosecutor shall be taxed with the costs. NEILL S. BROWN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. EDWARD S.' CHEATHAM, Speaker of the Senate. Passed February 29, 1856. CHAPTER 85. AN ACT authorizing Grand Juries to send for Witnosses in certain cases. SecTIoN 1. Be it enacted by the Gencral Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That all Grand Juries shall have

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