Common Fields, how to be improved. provisions relating to fences and damage done therein. Conspiracy, how punishable. Constables, their powers, duties and liabilities. when to be chosen and sworn. form of oath of prescribed.. Constitution of civil Government, of 1638, 9. Contemners of God's holy ordinances, how punishable. Contempt, attachment for. Coopers, to be provided with brands. Courts, disorders in, punishable. secrets of, revealing of, how punishaolc. defaination of, punishable. Crimes and Punishments, Burglary how punishable: Rothery. theft and pilfering. jurisdiction of magistrates in case of theft. 34 34, 35 40, 41 11 to 19 43, 44 26, 27 heresy-witchcraft-blasphemy-murder-poisoning-beastiality -sodomy-adultery, how punishable. rape-manstealing-false witness-conspiracy-invasion and re- bellion-cursing of parents,-how punishable. stubbornness how punishable. lascivious carriage, how punishable. forgery, how punishable. fornication, how punishable. gaming how punishable. 29, 30 proceedings against persons charged with capital crimes withdraw- ing themselves from justice. their withdrawing to stand instead of one witness. manslaughter, what. Cruelty not to be exercised towards any beast kept for the use of man. Delinquents, in what cases they may be arrested without war- rant, and in what not. 40, 41 Delinquents, committed, liable to pay costs of prosecution, and prison fees. judgment against by whom to be executed. 45, 46 Deputies from the several towns, to attend the general courts. 15, 16 their power. vacancies how supplied. meeting of, previous to any general court, and to examine Disability of persons convicted of scandalous offences. Duress-conveyances, deeds, promisses, obtained by, void. Ecclesiastical Affairs, conteniners of God's holy ordinances, how punishable. neglect of public worship, punishable. 43, 44 Election, Court of, when to be holden, and how constituted. civil power to be exercised to enforce the observance of chris- church censure not to degrade any man from any civil diguity. 45 Escheats, 12, 14 Evidence, the withdrawing of criminals from justice to stand in- Execution, goods taken in execution, to be appraised and delivered how levied in ordinary cases. what estate exempt from. in common fields, regulated. Fines, how levied. Fire-the kindling of fires at certain seasons, prohibited. Forgery, how punishable. Fowlers Unprofitable, punishable for idleness. Freemen, their qualifications, and how admitted 98, 99 12 76 12 12, 14 general powers of. 12, 14, 17 members of, when and how chosen. 12, 15 how convened. 14 stated and special sessions of, when called by the freemen. Grand Jury, when to attend the court, their number and duties. Horses, penalty and punishment for taking them from any com- Fences, between lands of adjoining proprietors how made and proprietors of common fields may inclose their own lands. double damages recoverable for burning or destroying timber, &c. ib. Foreigners, their land and estate liable to attachment. Foreign Judgment, verdicts and sentences of courts in any of the colonies, their credit and effect. Fornication, how punishable. Fraudulent Conveyances, void. form of oath of prescribed. General Assembly or Court, at what times to be holden. of what officers and persons constituted. 34, 35 46, 63 74 45 45 63 35 Indians, provisions relating to their punishment for trespasses and the English and for instructing them in matters of reli- persons joining and settling with them, punisbable. Inn Keepers, provisions relating to their employment. one inn-keeper to be provided in each town. Inquest, Jury of, to be summoned in case of untimely deaths. 51 to 57 57 to 60 42 Jury and Jurors-jury of what number to consist. two thirds of their number may return a verdict. special verdict. may be returned to a second consideration. when a second jury may be impannelled. form of jurors oath prescribed. Land, bounds of, to be perambulated, and mear-stones erectedl and preserved. 25, 26 free from feudal burthens. Magistrates, to be propounded at some general court preceeding their election. persons under the government of parents, &c. not to contract to be recorded. Marshall, fees of, stated. 68, 69 his duty. Master and Servant, persons not to entertain young men in their young unmarried men not to keep house in certain cases. servants prohibited from making contracts. labourers to work the whole day. runaway servants to be pursued. to serve three fold the time of their absence. Military Affairs, provisions relating thereto. Murder, how punishable. Oaths, form of. Peuge, how to be assorted and strung. Perambulation of town lines, to be performed annually. of bounds of land of adjoining proprietors. Poisoning, how punishable. Poor, provisions relating to the settlement and support of poor persons. Pounds and-Pound Breach, pounds to be erected and maintained. 78,79 cattle impounded, when to be cried. pond breach and rescue, punishable. Profine Swearing, punishable. Rape, how pun.shable. 69 Secrets of Court, revealing of, how punishable. Servants and Apprentices, how to be instructed, &c. Spiritous Liquors, sale of, without licence, prohibited. Sodomy, how punishable. Strays, how to be disposed of. Summons, in civil process, what. Stubbornness, how punishable. Swine, to be ringed and yoked, or kept in yards. Testamentary Affairs, testate and intestate estates, how disposed of. proof and authentication of wills in foreign jurisdictions, to be 29, 30 18, 63, 80 to 85 88 to 90 Theft, how punishable. jurisdiction of magistrates, in cases of. Timber, not to be felied at certain seasons of the year, and pro- Tobacco, the use of it restricted. 96, 97 takers of punishable for idleness. Towns, bounds of, to be set out and perambulated. Treasurer, not to deliver money from the treasury without vouchers. 97, 98 Trespasses, damage done by cattle in cornfields, &c. how estimated. 97 in foreign jurisdictions, to be allowed here, in certain cases. Watch, to bee maintained, and neglect of punishable. 99, 100 Weights and Measures, to be sealed. 69, 70 Wills, to be recorded. 88, 89 proof of, in foreign jurisdictions, to be allowed. 89, 90 Wine and Strong Water, sale of without licence prohibited. 18, 19 92, 93 38, 39 93, 94 89,90 26, 27 95, 96 50 25 98,99 42 99 24 161 Worship, Christian, neglect of, punishable. 44 public, guards at places of. 43 Wrecks, persons and goods wrecked, to be releived and preserved. 101 CONSTITUTION OF 1838. FFORASMUCH as it hath pleased the Almighty God, by the wise disposition of his divine providence, so to order and dispose of things, that we the Inhabitants and residents of Windsor, Hartford and Weathersfeild, are now cohabiting, and dwelling in and uppon the river of Conneticutt, and the lands thereunto adjoining, and well knowing when a people are gathered together, the word of God requires, that to meinteine the peace and union of such a people, there should bee an orderly and decent governement established according to God, to order and dispose of the affaires of the people at all seasons, as occassion shall require; doe therefore associate and conjoine ourselves to bee as one publique STATE OF COMMONWEALTH; and doe for ourselves and our successors, and such as shall bee adjoined to us at any time hereafter, enter into combination and confederation together, to meinteine and preserve the libberty and purity |