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Show 240 Al>I>ENDlX 'J'O NOTES. 'L'ho- A<.t of Ore. 12, 1815, mnkcs it the tluty of tho Inferior Courts of tho se\'et-nl Uuuuti('S to relieve old or· in linn Miln•cs, neglected by their maste r~, :uui empowers the said <..:mu·ts to sue for, a.nd recover from tho owner tho nmount cxpcnrlcd. · There is a simil:u· f'I'U\'ision in l\brylanrl, and, r presume, in tho ot her e.lavo St:ttcs. 7. Jlu>ohand and wife. ] .. aws of J\l:u·yland. JR32, chap. 3 l7, l'!f'C, 8. "And be it enacterl, 1'hn.t in nil eases where tlu~ wire ot· the ln~o'llmnd, or tlw male or female united in wf'tllock with auy ~;hwo held an(! owned in tllis State by nny citi?.cn thereof ~;h~~ll he a ~law~ owrtcd n.nd pr1~J.ICSl'!NI hy an in· ha.I.Jibwt of a 11y wljui nin~ :-jt.<lle, di!o!tr·iut Ol' trl'l"itury, it sftall ami m:1y \.)() lawful fot· t.he owner af111·c~:liJ of tiuuh witC ot· hUI;b:lnd, or ~~ :1~~;:,n r ~~~~~~ tc~~~ : !1~ :~:·~j~: ::~ ~ ~. 'Sta~~~~·~N :t~:; ~~ ': ~~0t~t,: rf:~~:Y .L~~~~~ gs:: ;~to,\~ ff~~ ltu8-ht\lld or pen.;on ; l 'rorHled, the solemnixation of the ma.rringc crremott.Y bot"·ccn f'Ut'h s lan~.o:;. acconlin~ to the fonn of ~omo one of the chm·..:hl's or religiou~ COHHnmliti('s of this Sta.tc, nnd by a mini ~tcr of such clun·ch or religitW!i community, be lwovetl hy the nffilial'it in ,nit in ~ of the prr;.;on so purchac:ing such Rla,·c, or hy the aftidn.\•it of ~Otllc other urc.lii:dJ!c white person, amllert to Ue r·ecordcd," &c. 8 . .:'lluth('r a ud ehiiJ. Laws of .Loui ::~i:ttt:~. Actor Jan. ~I. 1 ~21J, src. 111. B eitftirtl1er cuutted, 'l'h:l.t if nny prrf'ion or pcr~uns skdl sell the mother of n_ny sl;l\<~ t·!lil1i o t· dtildt·cn. untlC'l' the ne-e of ten ycnt·s, scpamtc from 8aid child or cbil lrcn, 01· ~hall, t he rnother living, sell :my s laxe child or child ten, of ten )'Cal'S Of age, Ot' unJcr, seramtc ft'Oill Ra.id mother, lh•·J .shall incur the penalty or the sixtli section of tlli:i act;" that is, (!:'ec .sec. 6,) "s ufl~r :~fino not lcs:-r tltal~ OIIC tAousand dollars, nor morl.l tUan two t housand dullar~, IUHl a.n im pt·isonmont. of not less than six nu•n!lts, nor more than OW) yca.r, anti ::;hall moreover j(nj'eit tlteslaveor .slares." In the Code of Aln.bn.mn., p. 0!)2, Title 5, chap. 4, sees. 2056 nnd 20.)7, is a. similar pruvision. when the sale is under legal process. So too in the Decisions of the Courts : Jr' I'I'Zttvuu ct. Ux. vs. l!'uoT ct a!. April '1'. 1801. 3 Call's Va. l!ep. 13. Held hy the court, that an erpml di\'i1';ion of e.l:wcs, in number and ' ';dur>, is not tlhYIIJS pO~<lible, aud Aomrtimcs improper, when it cannot Le exactly dune witltnut scpar.ltin~ irtlimt ult'tld t·cn !'rum thcit·mothcrs, wlticb lnuuanity ful'IJitls, awl u:ill 110t Ue cowdcuanccd in a court of equif!J; 80 that n. cotHpCn~<:ttiun l'ut· excess must, in such cases, be uJ ;~de and received in uwney. D. Amalg:-tmalion. L~tws of ).Lu·ylund. 171!>, chnp. 4A, Reo. 27. "Any white man that shall Logc1t. :~.ny lll';!l'O wom:tn with child," "sltull berome a servant for and dur·in ~ tho term (tf :sevrn yeat·fol." 1728. Chap. 4: Prcamhle. " Wl-ierc:ts hy the net of Assembly rehtting to 8ervnnts av l t:l:ne~, fh ct·c is no rr.odsion mado . * * * for the punishment or free n.~grv women, hanng basta.rU chtldrcn by A I' PENDlX TO NOTES. 241 ~vhitc. men; alld forasmuch a!J such copulations m·e as unnatural a1ld tiWrdmate as between 10hite 1comc1t and negro men '' &c. 10. 'l'estimony. ' S TATE vs . . Sots. J?ec. 'f. 1 8~0. 2 Bailey's S. C. Rep. 29. Tho defcndn,nt bcmg convJCt('d of bemg a.ccessory to n murder by n. num· bcr of slayes,. who hat! been tried, convicte(l, and executed, f1e moved for a new trml, on tho ground " thn.t tho decla.rntiona of the said slave::~, as to .thoir agone~ in t.he m.urdcr, a.nd the mode in which they pcrpetr1tlcd 1t, .were recetved m cndonce; and the dcolarn.tion of each ~~~~~~~s~~',aS l'ecetved, noL on ly as to his own guilt., but ns to the acts of 1.'/ic Co~trl, Jolnl.'toll,, J.,. ovcl'l'uled the motion for n new trin.l, nnd ~ectdc~ t.lmt .the ?onlcss10n of a. ~hwe of his own g uilt, us principal, IS admiSSible m C\'ldcncc on the trml of n. free white manns accesSory before the fact. South C1trolinn.. Coop?r nnd McCord's Stntntcs at Jn.rge, vo1. 7: Charleston, 18.JO. Act of . .Mn.y 10, 1740, sec. 3Q. "Ancl wlwreas, by ;en.so~ of the extent n.nd d1~tance of plantn.tions in this Province, the mhn.b1t:u~ts nrc far removed from each o~her, nnd many cruclt.ics mn.y b~ com~n1tted on shl.\'cs, because no whtte person may be present to g •ve ev,~lence of tho s•uuu •. unless some method be provided for tho Letter dtseovcry of such ollcnces; and :ts slaves nrc under the govern· mont, so they ought tn be under t he protection of mnsters nncl mnn· :~~~rs ?f plantn,tions; lJe itll~erefm·e .enae~cd by the authority aforesaid, lh~tt 1f lLilY sla\'0 ~hall suUer· 1n li fe, lunb, or member, or slmll be ma1med, beaten or a.buscd, contmry to the direct ions nnd true intent nn~ meaning of this Act, when no white person shall be present, or hcmg present, shall !ll'gloct or refuse to g ive evidence, OJ' be examined upon on.th, concerm ng the same, in cw~ry such cnso, the owner or othc~ person who sh:tll ha,·e the cnre and government of such s lave, and Ill whoso possessl()n nr power such slave 8hall be, shall bo clecmod t aken, r ('\)uted _JUJ.(l ndjud,!:?;?J to bo $ uilty of such oflCuce, nnd shall be proccedcc agaml:it :wcordtngly, .wtthout further proof, unless such owner or otho1· per.<:on ns aforesrud, cnn mnke the contrnry n.ppen.r by good a~1d su!ficien.t evidence, or slwll, by !lis ow11 oath, clear and exculpate l11mselj; ·winch onlh, e\·ery court where such offenco shall bo tried, i.s hcre?,y empowered to :idminister, nnd to ncquit tho offender accordmgl/'• 1t clear /)l'oof of the offence bo not made by two witn cssc~ at cast; any <LW, usage or custom to the contrary notwitb· standmg." Disqualific:\tion ns a witness docs not extend to remote ndmixturcs of negro Llood. r: ~ STA~~; YS. DAVIS A.No TL~NN:o\· Dec. '1' .. 1~3 1, 2 B:Liley's S.C. Hop. i.I08. H:Ll'per, J ., m dei!Ycrtng tho OJlllHOn of the court ob!<er\'ed * * * 'lt it~ certai nly tmc, as laid down by the presid,in" judrre: that ' every admixture of A I'd can blood with the European, or ~vhitc~is not to be rc_ferred to. th~ dl'gr:~~ed ~lnss.' It would be dangerous and cruel to. subJeCt to thts dtsqunllbcahon a person bea ring nil tho fen.turcs of n wlnte, on account of some remote ndmixture of negro blood; nor has . tho tet·m muhLtto, or pcrsou of color, I believe, been popularly nttr1b3~ed to such person. The ~tndes nrc infinite, o.nd it is difficult |