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1779 537 (1779)

handle is hein.ssl/ssct0301 and id is 1 raw text is: SC T       A N D         L A WV S.
Piracies, &c.     Prifoners in Fahfield      otunty.     537
ACTS AND LAWS,
MADE and paffed by the General
Court or Aflembly of the Gover-
nor and Company of the State of
Comwclicut, in America ; holden
at Hairl/$ d, in faid State, on the
fcond Thurfday of 05ober, (being
tie T4th Day of faid Month), zl
D.   79
An A.&, inpowering the Superic          Court, to try
and determine Piracies, Felonies and Robberies
committed on the High-Seas, &c.
E it enafed by the Governor, Council and Rep'iefentatives, in
General Court affimjbled, and by the Auhority of thefane, That Sup. Cour:
all Piracies, Felonies and Robberies committed in or upon Impowerea tc
.,4B Jthe Sea, or in any Place within the Admiralty Jurif'. detemice
, di&ion, may be tried and determined rrithin any County Cafes of Pi-
in this State ; and the Superior Court are hereby appointed, autho-
rized and impowercd to hear, try and determine the fame, and to
proceed therein, and to grnt Execution thereon in the fame Man-
ner as in Cafe of Felonies committed on the Land, within the
Jurifdi&ion of this State.
An A& for the better fecuring and holding Pri-.
foners, belonging to, or taken        in the County
of Faihfield,
WV1 E R E A S the public Goal in Fairfield County was, by the
L';,e:y, in their late attack upon part of the Sea.Caft of tis P:emNbic,
State, lixned and deflroyed.:
B)E it cnatled by the Governor, Council, and Reprefentatives, in Gene4
r.al Court aiferibted, and by the Authority of the fame, That in all
Cafes, Civil and Criminal, in which any Perfon or Perfons in Fair-
field County are, or fhall be liable by Law, to be committed to
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