Criminal Matters.
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Petit-Treason.--Burglarly.--Robbery |
PART IV. |
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same Justices shall sentence the said
convict to suffer all or part of these punishments, according to the aggravation
of the offence. |
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[This act
passed February 28, 1785.]
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An
Act for annulling the Distinction between the Crimes of Murder and Petit-Treason |
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WHEREAS it does not appear reasonable any longer to continue the distinction
between the crimes of Murder and Petit-Treason:
1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives,
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That
from and after the passing of this act, in all cases wherein heretofore
any person or persons would have been deemed or taken to have committed
the crime of Petit-Treason, such person or persons shall be deemed and
taken to have committed the crime of Murder only, and indicted and prosecuted
to final judgment accordingly; and the same punishment only shall be inflicted
as in case of Murder.
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[This act
passed March 16, 1785.]
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An Act against Burglarly.
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BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General
Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That if any person
shall in the night time burglariously break and enter any dweling-house,
with intent to kill, rob, steal, commit rape, or to do or perpetrate any
other felony, the person so offending, and being thereof convicted, shall
suffer the pains of death.
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[This act
passed March 7, 1785.]
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An Act for the Punishment of Robbery.
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Punishment for robbery.
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BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in
General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That every
person who shall feloniously assault, rob, and take from the person of
another, any money, goods, chattles or other property that may be the
subject of theft, and shall be thereof convicted, shall be adjudged guilty
of felony, and shall suffer the pains of death.
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for an assault, with a felonious intent. |
II.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any
person shall with any offensive weapon, or by menaces, or in any forcible
or violent manner assault any person, and demand of him any goods, money
or other property that may be the subject of theft, with a felonious intent
to rob him, and being thereof con- |
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victed, |
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