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# Jamaica Anansi Stories/The Cowitch and Mr. Foolman

A gentleman had a cowitch[1] property. He wanted to have it cut down, but whoever cut it must not scratch their skin. Anyone who cut it down without scratching, he would give the pick of the best cow on his property. Many tried, but failed. Anansi says that he will cut it down. So the gentleman sent his son to watch and see that he cut the tree without scratching his skin at all. Anansi began cutting and the juice of the tree began to eat him. He wanted to scratch. He said to the boy, "Young massa, de cow yo' papa goin' to gi' me, white here (scratches one side), black here (scratches the other), had a red here, had anodder black here, blue jus' down at his feet." He went on that way until he cut down the tree.
He got the cow, but he couldn't manage the removal of the cow alone, and he didn't want to get any intelligent person to assist him, he wanted a fool; so he got a man by the name of Foolman, Foolman wasn't such a fool as he thought. They removed the cow to a place to butcher it near to Foolman's yard, but Anansi did not know that. So he said to Foolman, "Brer Foolman, we mus' get fire, roast plenty of meat." Foolman said he didn't know where to go to get fire. Anansi pointed out a little smoke a long distance off. Foolman refused to go. He got vexed and started to go for the fire himself. He was no sooner gone than Foolman called up his family, butchered the cow, and removed all the parts, leaving the tail. He dug a hole in the earth and drove the root of the tail down as tight as he could. When he thought it time for Anansi to come back, he held on to the hair of the cow-tail and called out, "Brer Nansi, run! Brer Nansi, run!" Anansi come and he say, "Brer Nansi, de whole cow gone, only tail!" He held on to the tail and both of them thought to pull up the cow. While pulling, the tail broke in two. So Anansi had to give Foolman a piece of the tail that popped off. So with all his cunning, he got but a very small piece.
[1 A kind of plant with poisonous juice.]
# I, Mary MacLane/Chapter 68

To-morrow
LAST night as I slept I dreamed a vivid dream.
I dreamed it was late afternoon and I was locked in a condemned cell, sentenced to die. I would be led out and hanged on a gallows the following morning at day-break. I dreamed I sat beneath a narrow window in the cell through which shone the light of the waning afternoon. The light was very pale, as of sunshine long dead. I dreamed I held on my knees a small block of paper which had a half-inch blue border at the top to mark a perforation, and in my hand I had a red pencil. And I dreamed I had cheated the gallows and was writing a little ballad about it in sudden rhymes and rhythms quite alien to my waking forms. When I awoke the song was still beating time in my brain. And with my black awake-time pencil I wrote, except for two words, the rhyme, title and all, as I dreamed:
Late afternoon
Three oddnesses are in that dream:
that it is true to life in that I in my lightning Mary-Mac-Lane-ness would manage to cheat a gallows.
that it is untrue to life in that instead of writing of ​it in the true twilit poetry of my own sufficient prose I wrote it in the shallow trick-phrasing of rhyme, a little serenade to the gibbet.
that it catches and holds my Shadow-self who lives not inside me but beside me: the resembling dissembling shadow I cast when I stand between the daylights of the actual world and the quivering films of the region of dreams.—
My owned mysteries thrive apace. They are poetry and beauty and loveliness yet they bruise and batter me and split me to atoms. Withal are terrifyingly superfluous: they violently kill the wench to-morrow dawn who died restfully to-day at noon.
# I, Mary MacLane/Chapter 64

To-morrow
IT is nineteen minutes after one on a summer night. And if only I felt a bit hungry this is what I should wish—spread out on a damask cloth before me in a few gold-medallioned Chinese dishes, with no forks or knives: first of all, two thin foie-gras sandwiches, four grilled snails and maybe a little alligator pear: on top of those, two truffles: on top of those, two slim onions: on top of those, two thin salted biscuits: on top of those, a bit of Camembert cheese: on top of that, two cigarettes: on top of all a hollow-stemmed glass of sparkling Burgundy.
I'm not hungry, but it is comforting to think how delightful that supper would taste if I were. Food is a so magic rich gusty gift bestowed on the human race: and is besides a profoundly delicious Idea.
I like food better to imagine than even to eat. If I were hungry I think I could obtain that chaste supper item for item, and eat it: swallow it down magic and all, and thus vanquish it magic and all, and there an end. So I am glad I am not hungry. It is much more delectable to sit here and think that if I were—
if I were—
a Hollow-stemmed Glass of Sparkling Burgundy.
​two cigarettes.
a Bit of Camembert Cheese.
two Thin Salted Biscuits.
two Slim Onions.
two Truffles.
two Thin Foie-Gras Sandwiches: Four Grilled Snails: and maybe a Little Alligator Pear.
If I were a bit hungry: oh, the idea of a little supper! It would then be blestness, benediction—fruit of the very garden of Paradise!
# I, Mary MacLane/Chapter 7

To-morrow
I AM wandering about, a Lost Person, wandering and lost.
Not magnificently lost in wide Gothic forest closes, with strong great blackish green trunks and branches all around overwhelming and thrilling me.
Not dramatically lost on desert reefs with breakers riding up like menacing hosts and joyously drowning me.
But lost surprisingly in a small clump of shoulder-high hazel-brush. In it are some wood-ticks, and a few caterpillars, and a few wan spiders which spin little desultory webs from twig to twig and then abandon them for other twigs. Underfoot are unexpected wet places at intervals that my high hard heels sink into exasperatingly.
I walk round and round and across in the hazel-brush groping and knowing I'm lost in it but knowing little else of it: knowing no way out of it.
The bushes bear green leaves—rather small ones and warped because the clump is in a half-shaded place back of a hill. And they bear hazel-nuts, but not very good ones—mostly shell.
# I, Mary MacLane/Chapter 71

To-morrow
WHEN I was twenty I was one strong Cell firmly, primly closing many little cells different from each other but each greenly intact.
When I was thirty the Cell had burst in dusty worldly winds and loosed the little cells. Those in turn had subdivided, losing strength by the cellful but gaining in shadowed truth by a roundabout road. And they showed me my fates and inevitablenesses as in a broad wrecked field misty but plain to view. And thus I see me in the subdivided cells:
a piece of a normal woman.
a piece of a child.
a piece of a poet.
a piece of a Lesbian woman.
a piece of a writer.
a piece of a jester.
a piece of a savage.
a piece of something someway brave.
a piece of a student.
a patriotic American.
a lump of tiredness.
My strength is in knowing the evil from the good and the false from the true in it.
My weakness is in wildly waveringly inclining ​toward the false.
Except for love of my country I am ardenter, determinder, stronger in my falseness than in any of my shadowy truth.
# Immorality Act

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"Immorality Act" is the short title of a number of acts of the Parliament of South Africa criminalising various sexual activities. The name is most commonly associated with the prohibition of inter-racial sex, which was introduced in the 1927 act and maintained until the 1985 amendment.
* Immorality Act, 1927
** Immorality Amendment Act, 1950
* Immorality Act, 1957
** Immorality Amendment Act, 1967
** Immorality Amendment Act, 1969
** Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Act, 1985
** Immorality Amendment Act, 1988
# Immorality Act, 1927/1950-05-12

This is the text of the Immorality Act, 1927, as at 12 May 1950, that being the date on which the Immorality Amendment Act, 1950, was published and came into force.
Act
To prohibit illicit carnal intercourse between Europeans and non-Europeans and other acts in relation thereto.
as amended by
Immigration (Amendment) Act, No. 15 of 1931 Immorality Amendment Act, No. 21 of 1950
Be it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa, as follows:―
1. Any European male who has illicit carnal intercourse with a non-European female, and any non-European male who has illicit carnal intercourse with a European female, in circumstances which do not amount to rape, an attempt to commit rape, indecent assault, or a contravention of section two or four of the Girls’ and Mentally Defective Women’s Protection Act, 1916 (Act No. 3 of 1916) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.
2. Any non-European female who permits any European male to have illicit carnal intercourse with her and any European female who permits any non-European male to have illicit carnal intercourse with her shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding four years.
2bis. It shall be a sufficient defence to any charge under section one or section two if it is proved to the satisfaction of the court or jury before whom the charge is brought that the person so charged at the time of the commission of the offence had reasonable cause to believe that the person with whom he or she committed the offence was a European if the person so charged is a European, or a non-European if the person so charged is a non-European.
3. Any person who procures any non-European female for the purpose of her having illicit carnal intercourse with any European male or who procures any European female for the purpose of her having illicit carnal intercourse with any non-European male, or in any way assists in bringing about such intercourse shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.
4. Any owner or occupier of any premises who knowingly permits the use of such premises for the purpose of any offence against any provision of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.
5. Whenever in any proceedings under this Act the question is in issue whether any female was married to any male, the onus of proving such marriage shall be upon the accused and in the absence of such proof such female and male shall be deemed to be unmarried.
7. In this Act—
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
7bis. Any person who seems in appearance obviously to be a European or a non-European, as the case may be, shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be such, until the contrary is proved.
8. This Act may be cited as the Immorality Act, 1927, and shall come into operation on the thirtieth day of September, 1927.
# Immorality Act, 1927/Versions

Various versions of the Immorality Act, 1927, exist:
* as enacted on 29 March 1927 and as came into force on 30 September 1927.
* as amended on 22 May 1931 by the Immigration (Amendment) Act, 1931.
* as amended on 12 May 1950 by the Immorality Amendment Act, 1950.
* as amended on 6 July 1955 by the General Law Amendment Act, 1955.
It was repealed on 12 April 1957 by the Immorality Act, 1957.
# Immorality Act, 1927/1931-05-22

This is the text of the Immorality Act, 1927, as at 22 May 1931, that being the date on which the Immigration (Amendment) Act, 1931, was published and came into force.
Act
To prohibit illicit carnal intercourse between Europeans and natives and other acts in relation thereto.
as amended by
Immigration (Amendment) Act, No. 15 of 1931
Be it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa, as follows:―
1. Any European male who has illicit carnal intercourse with a native female, and any native male who has illicit carnal intercourse with a European female, in circumstances which do not amount to rape, an attempt to commit rape, indecent assault, or a contravention of section two or four of the Girls’ and Mentally Defective Women’s Protection Act, 1916 (Act No. 3 of 1916) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.
2. Any native female who permits any European male to have illicit carnal intercourse with her and any European female who permits any native male to have illicit carnal intercourse with her shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding four years.
3. Any person who procures any native female for the purpose of her having illicit carnal intercourse with any European male or who procures any European female for the purpose of her having illicit carnal intercourse with any native male, or in any way assists in bringing about such intercourse shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.
4. Any owner or occupier of any premises who knowingly permits the use of such premises for the purpose of any offence against any provision of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.
5. Whenever in any proceedings under this Act the question is in issue whether any female was married to any male, the onus of proving such marriage shall be upon the accused and in the absence of such proof such female and male shall be deemed to be unmarried.
7. In this Act the expression “illicit carnal intercourse” means carnal intercourse other than between husband and wife and the expression “native” means any member of any aboriginal race or tribe of Africa.
8. This Act may be cited as the Immorality Act, 1927, and shall come into operation on the thirtieth day of September, 1927.
# Immorality Act, 1927/1955-07-06

This is the text of the Immorality Act, 1927, as at 6 July 1955, that being the date on which the General Law Amendment Act, 1955, was published and came into force.
Act
To prohibit illicit carnal intercourse between Europeans and non-Europeans and other acts in relation thereto.
as amended by
Immigration (Amendment) Act, No. 15 of 1931 Immorality Amendment Act, No. 21 of 1950 General Law Amendment Act, No. 62 of 1955
Be it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa, as follows:―
1. Any European male who has illicit carnal intercourse with a non-European female, and any non-European male who has illicit carnal intercourse with a European female, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.
2. Any non-European female who permits any European male to have illicit carnal intercourse with her and any European female who permits any non-European male to have illicit carnal intercourse with her shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding four years.
2bis. It shall be a sufficient defence to any charge under section one or section two if it is proved to the satisfaction of the court or jury before whom the charge is brought that the person so charged at the time of the commission of the offence had reasonable cause to believe that the person with whom he or she committed the offence was a European if the person so charged is a European, or a non-European if the person so charged is a non-European.
3. Any person who procures any non-European female for the purpose of her having illicit carnal intercourse with any European male or who procures any European female for the purpose of her having illicit carnal intercourse with any non-European male, or in any way assists in bringing about such intercourse shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.
4. Any owner or occupier of any premises who knowingly permits the use of such premises for the purpose of any offence against any provision of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.
5. Whenever in any proceedings under this Act the question is in issue whether any female was married to any male, the onus of proving such marriage shall be upon the accused and in the absence of such proof such female and male shall be deemed to be unmarried.
7. In this Act—
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
7bis. Any person who seems in appearance obviously to be a European or a non-European, as the case may be, shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be such, until the contrary is proved.
8. This Act may be cited as the Immorality Act, 1927, and shall come into operation on the thirtieth day of September, 1927.
# John Woods & Sons v. Carl

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United States Supreme Court
203 U.S. 358
John Woods & Sons v. Carl
Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas
No. 102. Argued: November 7, 1906. --- Decided: December 3, 1906.

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75 Ark. 328
THE facts are stated in the opinion.
Mr. Homer C. Mechem and Mr. Edwin Mechem. for plaintiff in error.
Mr. John Fletcher and Mr. W. C. Ratcliffe for defendant in error,
MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court:
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# John Woods & Sons v. Carl/Opinion of the Court

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* 75 Ark. 328
MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court:
This action was brought in the proper court of the State of Arkansas by the plaintiffs in error to recover the amount of a promissory note, which was given by the defendant in error on the sale to him of a patented machine and of the right to the patent in the State of Arkansas. Before the [p359] maturity of the note it was indorsed by the payee and transferred to plaintiffs in error. The note was not executed as provided for by the statute of that State relating to the sale of rights under a patent. Act of April 23, 1891, Kirby's Dig., sec. 513. The section reads as follows:
The defendant set up the violation of the statute as a defense. The verdict was for the defendant, and the judgment entered thereon having been affirmed by the Supreme Court, the plaintiffs have brought the case here by writ of error.
The sole question involved is the validity of the statute. The opinion of the Supreme Court of Arkansas is reported in 75 Arkansas, 328. See also Wyatt v. Wallace, 67 Arkansas, 575; State v. Cook, 107 Tennessee, 499. This case is governed by the immediately preceding one, although the statute of Arkansas renders the note void if given for a patent right if the note does not show on its face for what it was given. The difference is not so material as to call for a different decision. The judgment is
Affirmed.
MR. JUSTICE DAY dissents.
# In Re Vivian Berger

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498 U.S. 233
In Re Vivian Berger
No. ___
PER CURIAM.

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# In Re the Amiable Isabella

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19 U.S. 1
In Re the Amiable Isabella

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# In Re the Nueva Anna and Liebre/Opinion of the Court

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APPEAL from the District Court of Louisiana.
These were the cases of the cargoes of two Spanish ships, captured and condemned by a pretended Court of Admiralty at Galveztown, constituted by Commodore Aury, under the alleged authority of the Mexican republic. The goods were, after this condemnation, brought into the port of New-Orleans, and there libelled by the original Spanish owners in the District Court. That Court decreed restitution to the original owners, and the captors appealed to this Court.
This cause was argued by Mr. Hopkinson for the respondents and libellants, no counsel appearing for the appellant and captors.
The COURT stated, that it did not recognise the existence of any Court of Admiralty sitting at Galveztown, with authority to adjudicate on captures, nor had the Government of the United States hitherto acknowledged the existence of any Mexican republic or state at war with Spain; so that the Court could not consider as legal, any acts done under the flag and commission of such republic or state.
But, as the record, in this case, stated the capture to have been made under the flag of Buenos Ayres, it became necessary to send back the case, in order to ascertain under what authority it was in fact made.
Sentence reversed, and cause remanded for further proceedings.

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# In Re the Nueva Anna and Liebre

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19 U.S. 193
In Re the Nueva Anna and Liebre

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