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An Act declaring the Mode of proceeding in certain Criminal cases. 1789 17 (1789)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0003 and id is 1 raw text is: ' 7 1 ptt -udgmcn' by the clerk; neither (f.al anudgment cntercduvdm cic fion, o v ,-i 'iit, or non fum inform atus, be reC ed , r a dnq wi. o d )c ,i rayc or rc I r o d y a omif io o i e ich ou(noave been a )ot carfc to flay or reverfe the judgment if there had been a.ycrdit., S cT. It. Where a demurrer lhaIl be joined in any aion, the court hflall not re- rard any other defed or impcrfe ion in the writ, rcturni declaration or pletding, han what fliall be fpecially alledged in the demurrer as caufes thereof, unlcfs folie- hirg fo clhnt ial to the adtion or defence, as that judgment, according to law, and :hC very right of the caukb, cannot be given, flhll be omitted. SncT. III. Private a(ts of Aifembly may be given in evidence without pleading them fpcrially. SFCT. IV. Juries de medictate lingux may be direed by the court to be fum- nmond. Sr.c'r. V. Jurors knowing any thing relative to the point in ifite, Iliall difclofe the f'arne in open court. Sr.c'r. VI. Any juror guilty of a contempt to the court, fhall be fined by the court any fi;m not exceeding ten pounds. SecT. VII. Papers read in evidence though not under eal, may be carried from t!e bar by the jury. Sacr. VII1. No fheriff fliall convcrfe with a juror but by order of the court. ScT. IX. Interpreters may be fworn, truly to interpret, when necelrary, SECT. X. Every perfon delirous of fuffering a noniuit on trial, flall be barred there- fron, unlefs be dofo before the jury retire from the bvr. SECT,. XI. Not -morc than two new trials flall be granted to the fame party in the faile caure. f M'Mc.r. X11. After iffue j,'ined in an eje6'ment on the title only, no exception of forra or fihflance (hall be taken to the declaration in any court whatfoever. SrCT. XIi. Any infrument towhich the perfon making the fame. fhall afix a frroll by way of foal, fhall be adjudged and holden to be of the citne force and ob- ligationi, as if ir were adtually fealed. SLcr. XIV. If in detinue the verdi l(houldomit price or value, the court may at any time av-ard a writ of enquiry to ak:ertain the Fame. Src'r. XV If on an ilffie concerning feveral thing' in one count in dctinue,.no verdid be found for part of them, it flill not be error, but the plaintiff fltall be barred of his title to the things omitred. SEcT. XVI. Where there are feveral counts,, one of which is faulty, and intire da- rnagcs are given, the verdi& flall be good; but the defendant may apply to the court, to infirui thle jury to difregard fuch faulty count. Srcr. XVIi. A judgment on conffflon, flall be equal to a relcafc of errors: SrVT. XVIII. For removing all doubts concerning the courts, to witch thfs ad may apply Le i/i a i,erva rd, That all things herein containcd,fliall be the rules of decifion and proc,.ding in all courts whatfoever within this Commonwealth. vehat d leto 1,0 rcgatdttl in care Cf deniutrcri. Priv.ic -t~; nfAf.ni'ly -r:%ay be givtn in evidenct. Juries tec inedietattc ltipim:. J uror%, how t ogc evidence; how puniflied for a contempt of the curt. Jutric may tn k whithtem pap .rs il, itit tinder fteI Whrn fliceriff may convcri' witl flem Interpreters ma'y he rvorn. Noufit,-when to befur'.cd. New tria show many allowed. Exceplions to dclaraairs 1 ej &neat, when to he nade. Scrolls by way of fr:as, valid, Vrclds in decthine, %%-hat e'mifoul, in thuaii inlay be re. tttedicd and t'1w, (Oltiflion in them, of ally ar- tclts ill the cotuat, not to vi. lialle thetill. Wl'cre one, of fereral conlntc, is I ,dutzy, the verdi& flaltl be g.;od. Ju.,i:mntt ouffd, effi-f of it. Thee rrgul.t;on s to be lh* ilcs of decitimj in all courts mithin this Consmuitwealth. C H A P. XXIX. in A C T a,, %izning Deputy, .crIjff in cafe of the Deab of their High .Scri fli to collt? and dillrain for arrearges of. Taxcs. Pqfd tb 7b11 of Deranber, 729., T'I 1.R ~ ,,it is repr(crnted that many flcrifTf have departed'this life hetre the Pr ambl. WY expiranon (f thc time tbr which thcy had by law a right to aft, and before tLeir deputy fherif~l had made the colletion of the public taxes, which became due in the lt time of the high ffberilrh i and it is doubted whether the deputies in Luch cafes, have power to colle, and diflrain for the taxes: Peit ti<i/.re ena',ctbv te Gcnicral I fl'inby, That it flhall and may' be lawful for all Deputy flteris to colell the deputy ,fleriffs, ro coli& and make diflrcf , for any taxes, which may be due at the taer of the death of time of the dcth of their high flherill's, and fhalla be daccontable or the faie illthur paictiulsi lik. n~a:::r, as if thc theriff had lived. CH A P.. XXX. An A C T declaring the Mode qf proceeding in certain CrT nhnal cfcs. P jed', th 91h i t Diermber, z-,39. Sr.cr. I. i'OR declaring the courfe of proceeding in certain crimninal cafes, Be it Addit;on% ofdcrendantsef4o . e:e'alhcd /r , l zl .mbh,,hat 'in every original writ of actions dcgree. &c. in cetainmaion, pcrr'Mn:a, and in indjdt.cnt, in which the exiget1 3hail he awarded, in-thc names and inditmnts Tat in4 rits original and indi ents, additions fliall be made of their etfl ae or degree or rnil-cry, and of the countic-s of which they were or be, or in %Ihich they be or Nyore converfint, and if on the procefa upon the laid original a;zrits or intli0 ments in which the fitid additions be omitted, any outlawries be pro- Omifion oftham, eir of'. n ittI;, tLrt they be void, frulirate and holden for none; and before the outhiawries be prono-uncre, the fitid %, its and indi tments fhall be abated by the exception of the pal tv, whercin the aIT ctis be omitted. Is :c-r. I1. l1rovL,'cd u.'avs, That though the faid writs, of adlions perfonal be not Surpl%15j7aF additions, not according to the rc-ords and deeds by reafon offurplufage of the additions alorelaid, to altat i U. w it, &C. for that cau.e the) ihall not be abated. E SECT, Digitized from Best Copy Available I

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