Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-05-06

necessary Tor the accommodation OF Sucl
officers as are required to reside within the
limits of the prison ground. And the Gov
ernor, by and with the advice of the Coun
Gil, be and hereby is authorized, from time
to time to draw his warrants in favour O.
the Warden, for such sum, at any one time
as he may deem proper, for all monies
which may be appropriated by the Legis'
lature for the support of the State Prison.
Sec. Is. Be 1t further enacted, That con-
vlcts in solitary confinement in execution
OF the sentence of Court, or for the violation
OF the rules and regulations of the Prison,
shall, during such confinement, be fed with
bread and water only, unless the Physician
shall certify in writing to the Warden that
the health of such convicts require other
diet.
SEC. 49, Be 1t further enacted, That
whenever any person who shall be convicted
OF any crime before any Court of competent
jurisdiction, the punishment whereof, by law,
be confinement to hard labour for any term
OF years, shall have been before sentenced
to like punishment by any Court of this
State, or any other of the United States,
whether any such convict shall have been
pardoned or not, he shall be sentenced to
solitary Imprisonment, not exceeding thirty
days, and to confinement to hard labour not
exceeding seven years, in addition to the
punishment by law prescribed for the offence
for which he shall be tried, and in case such
convict shall have been twice before con-
vlcted and sentenced in manner aforesaid,
he shall be punished by confinement to hard
labour for life and by solitary confinement as
is herein before provided.
Sec. 20. Be 1t further enacted, That
whenever it shall appear to the Warden of
the State Prison, that any convict received
into the same, pursuant to the sentence of
any Court, shall have been before sentenced
by competent authority of this Or any other
State, to confinement to hard labour for
term of life or years, it shall be the duty of
the said Warden to make representation
thereof, as soon as may be, to the County
Attorney for the County of Suffolk, and he
shall by information, or other legal process,
cause the same to be made known to- the
Justice of the Municipal Court of the City
of Boston, and for the County of Suffolk,
and the said Justice shall cause the person
or persons so informed against to be brought
before him, in order that if they deny the
fact of former conviction it may be tried
according to law, whether the charge con-
tanned in such information be true. And if
it appear by the confession of the party,
by the verdict of the Jury, or otherwise, &C
cording to law that said information is true,
the Court shall further proceed to award
against such convict the residue of the pun
ishment provided in the foregoing section,
otherwise the said convict shall be remanded
to prison, there to be held under his former
sentence, providing such convict may have
the right to appeal as in other cases tried in
said Court.
Sec. 81. Be 1t further enacted, That all
necessary means may be used under the
direction OF the Warden to suppress insur-
rection, enfore obedience and maintain Or
der In the prison, or to prevent escapes
therefrom; provided, however, that no con-
Wet shall be punished by solitary confne-
ment more than ten days, Or by more than
ten stripes, without the consent of the In
spectors, which consent shall be given in
writing and with statement Of the occa-
sion of punishment, shall be entered on the
record.
Sec. %. BE 1t further enacted, That if
any officer or other person employed in said
prison, shall voluntarily suffer any convict
therein to escape, or shall in any way con-
sent to such escape, he shall, on conviction
thereof before the Supreme Judicial Court,
be punished by solitary Imprisonment for a
term not exceeding one year, and by con-
fnement to hard labour for term not ex-
ceeding twenty years, at the discretion of
said Court.
Sec. %. Be 1t further enacted, That if
any officer, or other person employed in said
prison, shall negligently suffer any convict
under sentence of solitary confinement, to
be at large without the cell assigned to such
convict, or shall negligently suffer such con-
vict or any convict therein confined. under
sentence to hard labour, to be at larger
without the precinct of said prison, or shall
suffer any convict confined in said prison to
be visited, conversed with, comforted or
relieved, contrary to the rules and regula-
tons thereof, such officer, or other person
so neglecting his duty, shall, on conviction
thereof before the Supreme Judicial Court,
be punished by fine, not exceeding five hun
bred dollars.
any person shall forcibly Or fraudulently
rescue or attempt to rescue any convict
from the custody of any officer, or other
person authorized or empowered by warrant
of commitment as aforesaid, or from the
State Prison, or from any other prison,
where such convict may be lawfully COM
mitted, pursuant to any sentence of solitary
Imprisonment or coninementto hard labour,
or shall convey to any convict in custody, or
committed as aforesaid, or into said State
Prison, or any other prison, any tool, instru-
ment, weapon, or other aid, with intent to
enable such convict to escape, or to procure
the escape of any convict, whether such es-
cape be effected or not, every person so
offending, being duly convicted before the
Supreme Judicial Court, shall and may be
punished by solitary Imprisonment, not ex-
ceeding one year, and by confinement to
hard labour, not exceeding ten years, or at
the discretion of the Court, may be punish
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