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- Revised statutes of the state of North Carolina, passed by the General Assembly at the session of 1836-7, including an act concerning the revised statutes and other public acts, passed at the same session … [v.1]
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- North Carolina General Statutes
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Revised statutes of the state of North Carolina, passed by the General Assembly at the session of 1836-7, including an act concerning the revised statutes and other public acts, passed at the same session … [v.1]
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192
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [CHAP. XXXIV.
Rape, &c. fel¬
ony.
Crime against
nature, felony.
Burning a pub
lie building,
felony.
Felony to
break houses ir
the day me
and steal there¬
from.
Killing a slave
homicide.
Stealing slaves
felony.
Concealing,
&c. a slave,
with intent to
remove him
out of the
State, felony.
5. Any person, who shall ravish and carnally know any female,
of the age of ten years or more, by force or against her will, or
who shall unlawfully and carnally know and abuse any female child
under the age of ten years, shall be adjudged guilty of felony, and
shall suffer death without benefit of clergy.
6. Any person who shall commit the abominable and detestable
crime against nature, not to be named among Christians, with either
man or beast, shall be adjudged guilty of felony, and shall suffer
death without benefit of clergy.
7. If any person or persons shall wilfully or maliciously burn
the state house or any of the public offices of this State, or any
court house, jail, arsenal, clerk’s office, register’s office, or any
house, belonging to any incorporated town in this State, in which
the archives, documents or public papers of such town are kept,
he, she or they shall be deemed guilty of felony, and, on convic¬
tion thereof, shall suffer death without benefit of clergy.
8. If any person or persons shall break any dwelling house,
shop, warehouse or other out house thereto belonging or there¬
with used, in the day time, and feloniously take away any money,
goods or chattels, of the value of two dollars or upwards, therein
being, although no person shall be within such dwelling house,
shop, warehouse or other outhouse, or shall comfort, aid or abet,
assist, counsel, hire or command any person or persons, to com¬
mit such offence, and be thereof lawfully convicted, or being in¬
dicted, shall stand mute, or peremptorily challenge more than thir¬
ty five jurors, he,. she or they shall suffer death without benefit of
9. The offence of killing a slave shall be denominated and con¬
sidered homicide, and shall partake of the same degree of guilt,
when accompanied with the like circumstances, that homicide now
does at common law.
10. Any person or persons, wrho shall steal or shall by violence,
seduction or any other means, take or convey away any slave or
slaves, the. property of another, with an intention to sell or dis¬
pose of to another, or appropriate to their own use such slave or
slaves, and be thereof legally convicted, shall be adjudged guilty
of felony, and shall suffer death without benefit of clergy.
11. If any person or persons shall wickedly, willingly and felo¬
niously carry, convey or conceal any slave or slaves, the property
of any citizen or citizens of this State, without the consent, in
writing of the owner or owners, his, her or their guardian or guar¬
dians of such slave or slaves, previously obtained, or shall feloni¬
ously, wickedly, and willingly take, conceal, or permit or suffer
the same to be done, with the intent and for the purpose of car¬
rying and conveying such slave or slaves out of the limits of this
State, or with the intent and for the purpose of enabling such slave
_ 5. 13 Eliz. c. 7.
6. 25 Hen. 8, C. 6. — 5 Eliz. C. 17.
7. 1830, c. 41, s. 1.
8. 1806, c. 697, S. 1.
9. 1791, c. 335, S. 3.— 1801, C. 535.— 1817, C. 919.
10. 1779, C. 142, 5. 2.
11. 1832, c. 9,— 1825, C. 12S9, S. 1.— 1833, C. 18, 8. 1.
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