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An Act to amend an act entitled an act for the trial and punishment of slaves and free persons of color. 1817 66 (1817)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0109 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF GEORGIA. said town shall extend the distance of four hundred yardo each and every way from the courthouse in said town. BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATHEW TA LBOT, President of the Senate. Assented to, 19th December, 1817. WILLIAM RABUN, Governor. AN ACT To amend an act, entitled, an act for the trial and pun. ishment of slaves and free persoas of color, assented to the 10th (lay of December, 1816. B E it enacted by the Senate and Ifouse of Represen. tatives of the State of Georgia, in General .desembly met, and it 18 hereby enacted, That so much of the third sec- tion of the ahove recited act as authorises the Governor to commute the punshment of death, for that of imprison. ment in the Penitentiary, be, and the same is hereby re. pealed. § t. Ind be itfurther enacted, That in till cases where the jury, on the trial of any slave or free person of color, shall return a verdict of guilty, the court shall pass the sentence of death on such slave or free person of color, a. greeably to the requisitions, and subject to the same re- strictions as are required by the before recited act, or pro. ceed to inflict such other puishment, as in their judg- ment will be most proportionate to the offence, and best promote the object of the law, and operate as a preven. tive for like offences in future. § 3. And be it further enacted, That in all prosecu- tions for a capital offence against any slave or free per- son of color, the clerk of the Inferior court shall act as the prosecuting officer in behalf of the state. § 4. And be it further enacted5 That all laws milita-

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