Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-09-07
BLUE LAWS OF CONNECTICUT

BLUE LAWS OF CONNECTICUT
Made IN The Colony of kep Hasen al tisfy5 .,
fiemeni. nedrA tuo hundred years ap-G.
pied from the general hi'iery Of Ama,eq
Whoever sayk there is a power and uris1,,
ton above and byer this dominion, sliaI ,ug.,
death, and loss Of property.
Whosoever attempts to change or ser,a,,
this dominion, sh all suffer death.
The Judges shall determine contrver,is.
without jury.
No Quaker or dissenier from the etabG,.
ed worship of this dominion, shall be allowed.
give vote Tor the election Of magistrate a,
snv Office.
No toad or lodging snail be offered to Our,
kef Atlantic or oiher hereto.
II any person turns Quaker, he shall be pst
ished and not Suffered TO return but On pain d
death.
No Priest shall abide in the dominion !: l..
shnll be banished, and suffer death On hi, 70,
turn.
Priests may be seized by any one without
warrant.
No one to cross river, hut with an author.
ei lerfyman.
No one shall run on the Sahhh'h day or wall
in his garden or elsewhere, except rererentI,
10 and from meeting.
No one shall cook yictuals. make beds
sweep houses, cut hair, or shave on the SAB
bath day.
No woman shall kiss her child on the Sabbath
or Fasting day.
The Sabbath shall begin a, sunset on Satur.
day.
To pick an ear of corn growing in neigh
bor'S garden, shall ne deemed theft
A person accused of trespass M the night
shall be Judged guilty, unless he clear himself
by his oath.
When i, appears that an accused has confed
crates, ard he refuses to discover them he NAV
be raclSed.
None shall buy or sell lands, without the
perInis ion Of the se'ecimen.
A drnnkard ghall nave master apponedby
the selectm-n who are to debar him OF the lib
erty of buying and selling.
Whosoevrr publishes lie, to the prejudice
Of his neighbo shall be set IN the stocks, or be
whipped ten stripes.
No minister shall keep a school.
Every ratcsble person. who refuses 10 phy
hi. proportion 10 support the minister ofihe
town parisa, shalllhe fined by The court e. and
IA every quarter till tie OF she pay the rate to
he minister.
whatsoever wears clothes trimmed with
gold. silver or hone ace above 2s per ward
shall he presented by the grand jurors ana
the selectmrn shall TAI the oft nder al 1900 es.
tate.
A debtor in prison, swearing he has no es.
tate shall be lie, out, aud sold to make saisisc.
ton.
Vhosopver sets fire in the woods, and il
burns house shall safer death and persons
suspected of crime, shall be imprisoned without
benefit OF bail.
Whosoever brings cards or dice into This do
minion, shall pay fine of five pounds.
! No one shall read common prayer books
keep Christmas or set days, make mlnce pies
dance, or play cards, or play on any instru-
ment of music except the drum, trumpet aud
jews harp
NoG spell minister shall join people in mar
risge The Alag istrate only shall join them in
marriage, as they do it with a less scandal to
Chris's Church.
! When parents refuse their children conveni-
mt marriages, the maglstrat es shall determine
| he point,
The select men finding children ignorant
may take them away from their parents and
put them into better hands, al the expense .,
their parents.
Furcica,i,n shall be punished, by cnmpeI-
ling marriage, as the Court shall think Pre-
! per.
| "A
| of ten pounds.
| A woman tina, strikes her husband, shall be
| punished as the Court directs.
A wife shall he deemed good evidence a
gain.t her husband.
No man shaI court maid in person or BY
letter, without FIST obtaining consent Of her
parents. five pounds penalty for the first Oh
fence ; ten pounds tor The second, and for The
third imprisonment during the pleasure oithe
| Court
| Married prisons must live together, or be
impris med.
Every male shall have his hair cut round &C
cordir TO a cap
N. B. The above laws were originally prln-
ted on blue paper, on which aceoun, they we're
called the BhiS l. ttcs.'