Vulgo 2 J. 1,

c. 8.

Punishment of such as shall take away Maidens that be Inheritors, being within the Age of Sixteen Years, or that marry them without Consent of their Parents; and so much of an act passed in 5 Eliz. c. 4, the fifth year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, intituled An Act s. 21. touchng divers Orders for Artificers, Labourers, Servants of Husbandry and Apprentices, as relates to the punishment of any servant, workman, or labourer making any assault or affray as therein mentioned: and an act passed in the same year, inti- 5 Eliz. c. 17. tuled An Act for the Punishment of the Vice of Sodomy; and an 18 Eliz. c. 7. act passed in the eighteenth year of the same reign, intituled An Act to take away Clergy from the Offenders in Rape and Burglary, and an Order for the Delivery of Clerks convict without Purgation; and an act passed in the thirty-ninth year of the same 39 Eliz. c. 9. reign, intituled An Act for taking away of Clergy from Offenders against a certain statute made in the third year of the reign of King Henry the Seventh, concerning the taking away of Women against their wills unlawfully; and an act passed in the first year of the reign of King James the First, intituled An Act to take away the Benefit of Clergy from some Kind of Manslaughter; and Vulgo 2 J. 1, an act passed in the same year, intituled An Act to restrain all c. 11. Persons from Marriage, until their former Wives and former Husbands be dead; and an act passed in the twenty-second and 22 & 23 C. 2, twenty-third years of the reign of King Charles the Second, in- c. 1. tituled An Act to prevent malicious Maiming and Wounding; and 22 & 23 C. 2, so much of an act passed in the same years, intituled An Act to c. 11, s. 9. prevent the Delivery up of Merchants' Ships, and for the Increase of good and serviceable Shipping, as relates to any mariner laying violent hands on his commander, as therein mentioned; and Vulgo so much of an act passed in the eleventh year of the reign of King 11 & 12 W. 3, William the Third, intituled An Act for the more effectual Suppression of Piracy, as relates to any master of a merchant vessel, who shall force any man on shore, or wilfully leave him behind, or refuse to bring home any man as therein mentioned; and so 9 Ann. c. 14, much of an act passed in the ninth year of the reign of Queen S. 8. Anne, intituled An Act for the better preventing of excessive and deceitful Gaming, as relates to the forfeiture and punishment of any person assaulting and beating or challenging or provoking to fight any other person on account of any money won as therein mentioned; and an act passed in the same year, intituled An Act 9 Ann. c. 16. to make an Attempt on the Life of a Privy Councillor in the Execution of his Office to be Felony without Benefit of Clergy; and so 12 G. 1, c. 34, much of an act passed in the twelfth year of the reign of King George the First, intituled An Act to prevent unlawful Combinations of Workmen employed in the Woollen Manufactures, and for better Payment of their Wages, as creates any felony; and an 2 G. 2, c. 21. act passed in the second year of the reign of King George the Second, intituled An Act for the Trial of Murders, in Cases where either the Stroke or Death only happens within that Part of Great

c. 7, s. 18.

s. 6.

Britain called England; and so much of an act passed in the 11 G. 2, c. 22,

part of ss. 1 and 2.

part of s. 12.

except ss. 9

and 10.

s. 11.

eleventh year of the same reign, intituled An Act for punishing such Persons as shall do Injuries and Violences to the Persons or Properties of his Majesty's Subjects, with Intent to hinder the Exportation of Corn, as relates to any person who shall beat, wound, or use any other violence to any person or driver, and so 22 G. 2, c. 27, much thereof as makes any second offence felony; and so much of an act passed in the twenty-second year of the same reign, intituled An Act for the more effectual preventing of Frauds and Abuses committed by Persons employed in the Manufacture of Hats, and in the Woollen, Linen, Fustian, Cotton, Iron, Leather, Fur, Hemp, Flax, Mohair, and Silk Manufactures; and for preventing unlawful Combinations of Journeymen Dyers and Journeymen Hotpressers, and of all Persons employed in the said several Manufactures, and for the better Payment of their Wages, as extends to the persons therein mentioned that part of the act of the twelfth year of King George the First which is herein-before re25 G. 2, c. 37, ferred to; and the whole of an act passed in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of King George the Second, intituled An Act for better preventing the horrid Crime of Murder, except so far as 26 G. 2, c. 19, relates to rescues and attempts to rescue; and so much of an act passed in the twenty-sixth year of the same reign, intituled An Act for enforcing the Laws against Persons who steal or detain Shipwrecked Goods, and for the Relief of Persons suffering Loss thereby, as relates to any person who shall be assaulted, beaten, and wounded for the exercise of his duty in the salvage of any 30 G. 3, c. 48. vessel, goods, or effects, as therein mentioned; and so much of an act passed in the thirtieth year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for discontinuing the Judgment which has been required by Law to be given against Women convicted of certain Crimes, and substituting another Judgment in lieu 33 G. 3, c. 67, thereof, as relates to petit treason; and so much of an act passed in the thirty-third year of the same reign, intituled An Act for better preventing Offences in obstructing, destroying, or damaging Ships or other Vessels, and in obstructing Seamen, Keelmen, Casters, and Ship Carpenters from pursuing their lawful Occupations, as relates to any seaman, keelman, caster, ship carpenter, or other person who shall prevent, hinder, or obstruct, or assault, beat, wound, or do any bodily violence or hurt to any seaman, keelman, caster, or ship carpenter, as therein particularly men35 G. 3, c. 67. tioned; and an act passed in the thirty-fifth year of the same reign, intituled An Act for rendering more effectual an Act passed in the first year of the reign of King James the First, intituled 'An Act to restrain all Persons from Marriage until their former ' Wives and former Husbands be dead;' and so much of an act part of ss. 1 passed in the thirty-sixth year of the same reign, intituled An Act to prevent Obstructions to the free Passage of Grain within the Kingdom, as relates to any person who shall beat, wound, or use any other violence to any person or driver, and so much 43 G. 3, c. 58. thereof as makes any second offence felony; and an act passed

s. 2.

36 G. 3, c. 9,

and 2.

in the forty-third year of the same reign, intituled An Act for the further Prevention of malicious shooting, and attempting to discharge loaded Fire Arms, stabbing, cutting, wounding, poisoning, and the malicious using of Means to procure the Miscarriage of Women, and also the malicious setting fire to Buildings; and also for repealing a certain Act made in England in the Twentyfirst Year of the late King James the First, intituled An Act to 'prevent the destroying and murthering of Bastard Children,' and also an Act made in Ireland in the Sixth Year of the Reign of the late Queen Anne, also intituled An Act to prevent the destroying and murthering of Bastard Children,' and for making other Provisions in lieu thereof; and an act passed in the same 43 G. 3, c. 113 forty-third year, intituled An Act for the more effectually providing for the Punishment of Offences in wilfully casting away, burning, or destroying Ships and Vessels, and for the more convenient Trial of Accessories in Felonies, and for extending the Powers of an Act made in the Thirty-third Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, as far as relates to Murders, to Accessories to Murders, and to Manslaughters; and an act passed in 54 G. 3, c. 101 the fifty-fourth year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for the more effectual Prevention of Child-stealing;

and so much of an act passed in the fifty-eighth year of the same 58 G. 3, c. 38, reign, intituled An Act to extend and render more effectual the s. 1. present Regulations for the Relief of seafaring Men and Boys, Subjects of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Foreign Parts, as relates to the trial of offences against the act of

King William the Third herein-before mentioned; and so much 1 G. 4, c. 90, of an act passed in the first year of the reign of his present Ma- s. 2. jesty, intituled An Act to remove Doubts and to remedy Defects in the Law, with respect to certain Offences committed upon the Sea or within the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty, as refers to the act of the forty-third year of the reign of King George the Third herein-before first mentioned; and an act passed in the same 1 G. 4, c. 115. first year, intituled An Act to repeal so much of the several Acts passed in the Thirty-ninth Year of the Reign of Elizabeth, the Fourth of George the First, the Fifth and Eighth of George the Second, as inflicts Capital Punishment on certain Offences therein specified, and to provide more suitable and effectual Punishment for such Offences; and so much of an act passed in the first and 1 & 2 G. 4, second years of the present reign, intituled An Act for the Amend- c. 88. ment of the Law of Rescue, as relates to the offences of assaulting, beating, and wounding therein mentioned; and an act passed in 3 G. 4, c. 38. in the third year of the present reign, intituled An Act for the further and more adequate Punishment of Persons convicted of Manslaughter, and of Servants convicted of robbing their Masters, and of Accessories before the Fact to Grand Larceny, and certain

other Felonies; and so much of an act passed in the same year, 3 G. 4, c. 114. intituled An Act to provide for the more effectual Punishment of certain Offences by Imprisonment with hard Labour, as relates to

This act to commence 1st July, 1828.

Petit treason

any of the assaults therein mentioned; shall continue in force until and throughout the last day of June in the present year, and shall from and after that day, as to that part of the United Kingdom called England, and as to offences committed within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, be repealed, except so far as any of the said acts may repeal the whole or any part of any other acts, and except as to offences committed before or upon the said last day of June, which shall be dealt with and punished as if this act had not been passed; and this act shall commence and take effect (except as is herein-before excepted) on the first day of July in the present year.

II. And be it enacted, That every offence, which before the to be deemed commencement of this act would have amounted to petit treason, murder only. shall be deemed to be murder only, and no greater offence; and all persons guilty in respect thereof, whether as principals or as accessories, shall be dealt with, indicted, tried, and punished as principals and accessories in murder.

Murder, death.

III. And be it enacted, That every person convicted of murder, or of being an accessory before the fact to murder, shall sufAccessory af- fer death as a felon. And every accessory after the fact to murder shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be transportpunishment. ed beyond the seas for life, or to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, in the common gaol or house of correction, for any term not exceeding four years.

ter,

Sentence for murder.

Dissection of murderers.

IV. And be it enacted, That every person convicted of murder shall be executed according to law on the day next but one after that on which the sentence shall be passed, unless the same shall happen to be Sunday, and in that case on the Monday fol lowing; and the body of every murderer shall, after execution, either be dissected or hung in chains, as to the court shall seem meet; and sentence shall be pronounced immediately after the conviction of every murderer, unless the court shall see reasonable cause for postponing the same; and such sentence shall express not only the usual judgment of death, but also the time hereby appointed for the execution thereof, and that the body of the offender shall be dissected or hung in chains, whichsoever of the two the court shall order: Provided always, that after such sentence shall have been pronounced, it shall be lawful for the court or judge to stay the execution thereof, if such court or judge shall so think fit.

V. And be it enacted, That whenever dissection shall be ordered by such sentence, the body of the murderer, if executed in the county of Middlesex or city of London, shall be immedi ately conveyed by the sheriff or sheriffs, or his or their officers,

to the Hall of the Surgeons' Company, or to such other place as the said company shall appoint, and shall be delivered to such person as the said company shall appoint, for the purpose of heing dissected; and the body of the murderer, if executed elsewhere, shall in like manner be delivered to such Surgeon as the court or judge shall direct, for the same purpose.

treated.

VI. And be it enacted, That every person convicted of mur- Persons conder shall, after judgment, be confined in some safe place within victed of murthe prison, apart from all other prisoners, and shall be fed with der, how to be bread and water only, and with no other food or liquor, except in case of receiving the sacrament, or in case of any sickness or wound, in which case the surgeon of the prison may order other necessaries to be administered; and no person but the gaoler and his servants, and the chaplain and surgeon of the prison, shall have access to any such convict, without the permission in writing of the court or judge before whom such convict shall have been tried, or of the sheriff or his deputy: Provided always, that in case the court or judge shall think fit to respite the execution of such convict, such court or judge may, by a licence in writing, relax, during the period of the respite, all or any of the restraints or regulations hereinbefore directed to be observed.

VII. And be it enacted, That if any of his Majesty's subjects For murder or shall be charged in England with any murder or manslaughter, abroad, how manslaughter or with being accessory before the fact to any murder, or after the offender to the fact to any murder or manslaughter, the same being respect- be proceeded against in this ively committed on land out of the united kingdom, whether with- country. in the King's dominions or without, it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace of the county or place where the person so charged shall be, to take cognizance of the offence so charged, and to proceed therein as if the same had been committed within the limits of his ordinary jurisdiction; and if any person so charged shall be committed for trial, or admitted to bail to answer such charge, a commission of oyer and terminer under the great seal shall be directed to such persons, and into such county or place as shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor, or Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners of the great seal, for the speedy trial of any such offender; and such persons shall have full power to enquire of, hear, and determine all such offences, within the county or place limited in their commission, by such good and lawful men of the said county or place as shall be returned before them for that purpose, in the same manner as if the offences had been actually committed in the said county or place: Provided always, that if any peers of the realm, or persons entitled to the privilege of peerage, shall be indicted of any such offences, by virtue of any commission to be granted as aforesaid, they shall be tried by their peers in the manner heretofore used: Provided also, that nothing herein contained shall prevent any person from being