 | Great Britain - 1763 - 446 pages
...faid term of two years, by the fpace of fourteen days, then he fhall be adjudged by two juftices of peace to be marked on the forehead, or the ball of the cheek, with an hot iron, 1 with the fign of an £ and further (hall be adjudged tobe flave to his ЛИ mafter for... | |
 | Richard Burn - Charity laws and legislation - 1764 - 314 pages
...beating as aforefaid ; and on convio tion of fuch offence before two juftices, they fhall caufe him to be marked on the forehead, or the ball of the cheek, with an hot iron, with the letter S, and adjudge him to be the faid mafter's flave for ever. And if he fhall... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1783 - 412 pages
...be it never fo vile. And if fuch" ftave abfent himfelf from IMS mafter within the term, by the fpace of fourteen days, he fhall be adjudged by two juftices...or the ball of the cheek, with a hot iron, with the fign of an S, and 'fhall be adjudged to be ftave to his faid mafter for ever; and, if the faid ftave... | |
 | Adam Anderson - Commerce - 1787 - 662 pages
...from his faid mafter within the faid term of two years, by the " fpace of fourteen days, then he ihall be marked on the forehead, or the ball of the cheek, " with an hot к0л, with *he fign of an S, and further iball be adjudged to be flave to his " faid mafter... | |
 | Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 484 pages
...master within the term, by the space of fourteen f days, he shall be adjudged by two justices of the f peace to be marked on the forehead, or the ball, of...the cheek, with a hot iron, with the sign of an S, f and shall be adjudged to be slave to his said master * for ever ; and, if the said slave shall run... | |
 | William Turner Comber - Agriculture and state - 1808 - 416 pages
...or absent himself for fourteen days and be brought before two justices, they shall cause such slave to be marked on the forehead, or the ball of the cheek, with a hot iron, with the sign of an S, and adjudge him to be a slave for ever. Second offence, felony. Any master either of the man or woman,... | |
 | John Reeves - Law - 1814 - 580 pages
...master within the two years, for the space of fourteen days, then he was to be adjudged by two justices to be marked on the forehead, or the ball of the cheek, with a hot iron with the sign of an S, and farther adjudged to be a slave to his master for ever; and if he run away a second time, he was to... | |
 | 1817 - 482 pages
...said term of two years, by the space of fourteen days, then he * shall be adjudged by the two justices of the peace, to be marked ' on the forehead, or the...cheek, with a hot iron, with ' the sign of an S, and further shall be adjudged to be slave to the 1 said master for ever.' By this statute, there was a... | |
 | Medicine - 1847 - 712 pages
...and if a servant absconded for the space of fourteen days, two justices of the peace might order him to be marked on the forehead or the ball of the cheek with a hot iron, with the sign of an S, (slave,) and be adjudged to be a slave to his said master for ever. This cruel and unconstitutional... | |
 | James Ebenezer Bicheno - Poor laws - 1824 - 190 pages
...beating, as aforesaid ; and on conviction of such offence before two justices, they shall cause him to be marked on the forehead, or the ball of the cheek, with a hot iron, with the letter S, and adjudge him to be the said master's slave for ever. And if he shall again run away, he... | |
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Peace to be marked on the Forehead or the Ball of the Cheek, with a Hot Iron, with the Sign of an S, and shall be adjudged to be Slave to his said Master for ever; and if the said Slave shall run away a second Time he shall be adjudged a Felon. 
