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An Act to define crimes and misdemeanors and to prescribe punishments for the same. 1824 206 (1824)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsfl0036 and id is 1 raw text is: 200 See' 20. Ie it further enacted, That an act, entiled' -an act t6 incorporate the city of St. Augustine and 'improve the public roads'in the neighbourliood there- ,. . . .- Former ats rv,. or approved 13th September 1822, and an act enti- peed. tied 4an act to provide against the introduction of pealed. contagious diseases and for the establishment of boards of health in the cities of St. Augustine and Pensacola approved 2nd September 1822, and an act entitled an art to establish boards of health in the cities of St. Augustine and Pensacola approved in. 1823,'bc and are hereby repealed. Sec. 2 1. .lnd be it further enacted, That the Mayor, 'Aldermen, and officers, of the said city for tlw time being be, and they are hereby vested with the powers and charged with the duties of the Mayor, Alder- men, and other officers provided for by this act. JOSEPH M. HERNANDEZ. President of the LegislativeCouncil. SAML. FRY, Clerk. (approved December 28th 1824.) WM. P. D UVAL. Governor of tlix Territory.of Florida. AN ACT To define crimes and misdemeanors and to prescribe punish. ments for the same. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, That a crime or misde- meanor shall be deemed to consist in a violation of a public law, in the commission of which there shall be Definition or .an union or joint operation of act and intention, or ci'imes and mij criminal negligence, the intention being manifested demeanors. by th circumstances connected with the perpetration ofthe offence and the sound mind ad discretion of the person accused. Sec. 2. Be itfufrther enacted, That a p6rsou shall Sound nmind. be considered of soulid mind, who Is neither an idiot, a lunatic, or afflicted by insanity, or who hath arrived at the age.of fourteen years, or before that'age, if such person know the distinction 'between good and evil. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That neither an idiot nor a. child under the age of nine years shall be found ,guilty of any crtkme; with which lie or she may bc

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