| Edmund Burke - History - 1844 - 978 pages
...ViceAdmiralty, be, for every such offence, liable to a penalty not exceeding 100/., or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, at the discretion of the Court before which the conviction shall take place." On the 22nd of June, Sir Henry Pottinger issued a proclamation,... | |
| Delaware - Session laws - 1816 - 446 pages
...therefor, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and to be imprisoned not exceeding three months, at the discretion of the court; and the fine or fines so imposed, shall be paid into the hands oi' the military commissary of the county where... | |
| William Wilberforce - Abolitionists - 1823 - 642 pages
...the parties appearing before the court, the testimony of any slaves who may have been present (he, she, or they having been baptized) shall be received,...by him, her, or them so beaten, maimed, wounded, or ill-treated." We leave it to lawyers to decide, whether, as the above clause is worded, if a slave... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Antislavery movements - 1823 - 300 pages
...the parties appearing before the court, the testimony of any slaves who may have been present (he, she, or they having been baptized) shall be received,...by him, her, or them so beaten, maimed, wounded, or ill-treated.". We leave it to lawyers to decide, whether, as the above clause is worded, if a slave... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons - Antislavery movements - 1823 - 476 pages
...act, or circumstance ; and also, unless the said slaves are examined apart, •and out of the bearing of each other: and provided also, that no person shall...by him, her, or them so beaten, maimed, wounded, or ill-treated." i . . ; . . «,. We leave it to lawyers to decide, whether, as the above clause is worded,... | |
| Ohio - Local laws - 1836 - 718 pages
...by indictment, shall be fined any sum, not exceeding one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for any term, not exceeding three months, at the discretion of the court, and shall moreover be answerable to the said company for double damages, to be recovered in a civil suit... | |
| Alabama - Law - 1838 - 374 pages
...fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, to be assessed by the jury trying Ihe case; and be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three months, at the discretion of the Judge of said court. . Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of Judges to the... | |
| Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1843 - 678 pages
...Vice-admiralty, be, for every euch offense, liable to a penalty not exceeding £100 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, at the discretion of the court before which the conviction shall take place ; and her majesty is hereby further pleased to order that... | |
| Great Britain. Colonial Office - Civil service - 1843 - 202 pages
...for every such offence, liable to a penalty, not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to imprisonment, for a term not exceeding three months, at the discretion of the Court before which the conviction shall take place ; and Her Majesty is hereby further pleased to order,... | |
| 1843 - 674 pages
...for every such offence, liable to a penalty, not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to imprisonment, for a term not exceeding three months, at the discretion of the Court before which the conviction shall take place ; and Her Majesty is hereby further pleased to order,... | |
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