American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-11-09
FRIDAY, November 8, 1927.
rown Indignantly upon dawnng attempt
one portion oil the U,io1 anothcr'' WASHINGTON.


The trial Of Mrs. .r Carton and Edward .aher indie
ted for the murder Of he daughter of the former, aged
about II years. in this Borough, in July last has ermna
ted, and the Jury have rearneda verdict Of g MAN
SLAUGHTER" against both Of them. We understand
that they will be sentenced For the satsfac
ton Of readers extract from the Law of this State,
passed in 1896 for the punishment of certain crimes and
msdemeanos that part Of which relates to Mansaugh
ter.
al the killing Of person shall be attended by circum
stances of ale walton, hat it shall amount to mlrdc
but shall be he crime by law denominated mansaugh'er,
there stall be two degrees OF the crme to w.t. manslagi
Ter Of the first degree, and mansaugher Of he second de
gree
votntars manslanghter, excepting maisangh'er voun-
tay comm ted by husband on pe' son found IN the act
OF atu cry It'll hs we,manslaughttr inv una rily con-
united, IN the secution Of an unlawful ACT or poses
not of such character as to constitute the offence
,nuiar, and nal'lau. her voluntarily committed, he
performance ut aAin act, bul under cic nstaces, ~
IN er by means, phch cause an apparent dange
OF nficinB leah, wiont uslas due precanton TO aAod
sch dagger shall be manslause Of the first degtte 81
aud na.saugter n every other description Shall be mar
Slaughter Of the second degree:
any person persons shat commit the crime d man
slaughter OF tie first degree every person so offending
stall be deemed guilty. of felony, ahd upon cosNictoh
the reuf l suffer death: Provided however that 4 suc
person pe,sous, convicted, shall pray Of The justices
Il open cont forthwith after such convcor the behef
ol this act then and III that tie cont sal order snd
audgc. hat The person. 50 convicted as aforesaid, shall
orf II aud pas Sae five rot less Than wo hundl ed
dollars than IN ee tito sand DOLLARS shall Sutie
ilnnrsoe rent for exceeding wo years and
every petss, offend ng cand subsequent time,
upon conviction thereof such eond or other subsequent
offence shall oi and paw Y the safe he not less an
four hundred dollars moe than SIX thousand dollars
shall suffer Imprisonment for term not exceeding fou
years. Provided however, that il the benefit OF this
Shall be SO claimed, it shall operate statute pardon
1.-The felony:
Ifay person persons shall commit the crime Of man
slaughter of the second degree, every person so offending
shall be deemed guilty Of felony, ard, upon conviction
thereof shall suffer death Provided however that if such
person persons. convctcd shall pray Of the justices
IL open court forthwith after such con the benefit
of this act then and in that the court shall order and
ai4lge that the persou convic ed aforesaid shall
forfeit and paw the State fine not less than one hum
dred dollars han thousand dollars, and shall
suffer imprisonment for term not exceeding one year
Pr vded however, that if The benefit of this act shall be so
ella m shall not operate statute pardon OF the felony
II any person be -ticken wounded in this State, and
die OF the said stroke wonnhng in another State and
the circumstances be such to constitute the crime man
slaughter of he first second degree. the offender or of
Tenders shall be liable to be indicted, prosecuted and
punished in the manner and as eechay, as It such
death had happened in the county, in which the mortal
stroke wound was given