Litchfield enquirer., 1830-07-01

rome dancer, master of puppet shows, or oth- CT person or persons, shall exhibit or cause to be exhibited, on any public stage or place whatsoever within this state, any games, tricks, plays, shows, tumbIing, rope dancing, puppet shows, pr feats of uHcommon dex- terity or agility of body. every person so of lending, being thereof duly convicted, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence, sum not exceeding two hundred dollars nor less than sixty dollars, one half. to him or them who shall sue for andprosecute the same to effect, and the other half to the treasury of the county where the offence was committed.
 Sec. 1Os. If any person within this state shall suffer any person to exhibit any tricks of tumbIng, rope walking or dancing, puppet shows. or any uncommon feats ofagility of bo- I dy, for money ,or other cause, before any col lection of spectators, in his or her house. or it's dependencies every such person so of Sending, being thereof duly copvictcd, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence, the sum of seven dollars. one half to him or them who shall sue for, and prosecute the same to effect, and the other half to the treasury of the town wherein such offence shall be com mitted. ST..
 Sec. tO9. No person or persons shall make or use any circus of any description, or any open space, area or edifice for sports. or for
 
 horse, poney, or horse kind, or of any other. animal for reward or gain, or under color of gratuty nor shall any person or persons, owning, or occupying, or having any right to slse, or let any lands, or tenements, suffer any person or persons, to appropriate or use for any time or times, any such lands or tene- ments, or any part of either, for the purpo- ses aforesaid and every person who shall be duly convicted of either of the acts or oifen- ces aforesaid. shall be punishedh hy Gne not ex- ceedng two hundred dollars, nor less than six ty dollars. M.
 Sec. no. If any person or persons shall make or cause to be made, or aid, assist, or abet therein, any exhibition of any extraordi- nary feats of any horse, pony or other animal. or other show or trick, in any of the places in the next preceding section of this act men tioned, or in any other place, or places. for gain or reward, or under color of gratuity; c,ery such person being thereof duly convic- teds shall be punished by fine. not exceeding two hundred dollars, nor less than 60 dollars.
 Sec. .1l1. Each and every animal SD used ar employed, whether for greater or a less time, in any exhibition aforesaid. may be seized therefor, and shall become forfeited to the State, and may be so seized, and pro ceeded against at any time, within six caIen- der months after such forfeiture hath accrued, and upon judgment of forfeiture, the court before which judgment shall have been ren- dered, shall direct sale of the property. in such manner as to it may appear proper, and the avals thereof, deducting all expenses, shall be paid to the treasury of this state.
 Sec. i12. And every wall, fence, edfce or circus. hereafter made or erected. for the pur- poses of any exhibition by this act prohibit ed. or which may hereafter, with the consent of the proprietor or proprietors, be used or at any time employed for the purpose aforesaid, shah be deemed public nuisance, and may be abated.
 Sec. 11S. And no person shall be excluded from giving testimony on theetrial of any pro- secution under the one hundred and ninth and one hundred and tenth seeticns ofthis act. by reason of any liability to prosecution. or sup posed criminality in attending upon' or w!t. messing any of the exhibitions by the aforesaid sections of this act prohibited, or of aiding, assisting, 0r abetting in any manner or thing l thereby prohibited ProUided, That no per- son who shall have been summoned as wit l ness on fhe part of the state, and shall have | given evidence in behalf any such sprpsecu- ton, shall thereafter he proceeded against, or prosecuted for any thing about which he shall have given testimony as aforesaid.
 Sec. IA. If any person or persons shall falsely prosecute or cause tobe falsely presecu- ted, any other person or persons TOT any crltn- inal chargeor offence, without probable cause, and with malicious intent unjustly to vex and trouble him or her, every such person being thereof duly convicted, shall be punish edsby fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, nor less than twenty dollars or by inprison- ment in common jail not exceeding one year, nor less than two months
 Sec*l15. Ifany person or persons shall will fully and designedly, by color or any false to- ken, pretence or device whatever, obtain from any person or persons, or corporation. any money, goods, chattles. or other valuable thing, with an intent to cheat or defraud any such person, persons, or corporation, every such person, being thereof duly convicted, shall be punished by fine, not exceeding five hundred dollars. nor less than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in common jai not ex- ceeding one year. nor less than two months, or by such fine and Imprisonment both. at the discretion of the court having cognizance
 Sec. ll6. That no person, convicted ofany crime in foreign country, md sentenced therefor to be transported abroad, shall be imported into this state. and that any person or rpersons who shall import or bring into this state any such convict, or be aiding or assist ing therein, knowing such persons so impor. ted, to he convict. and sentenced as -afore- said, shall be punished by a iine of three hun ' dred and fhirfy fnne A Aoll... c..