Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-08-01
EoL:: x No:45.


cheek, or the name of the offence on their
breast. Persons thus marked, are depr.y-
ed of civil rights, that is, become dead in
law, and are Consigned 10 the class Of ex-
ecutioners. ssssszvza...t, p -
Capital punishment seldom occurs, and
almost exclusively for murder and trea-
son. 1t is inflicted BY beheading, drown
ing, or crueifxien. Killing a person of
the laboring class in the heat of~spassion,
is punished by fine of ten slaves, and
proportIonaIIy up to 70 or 100 shares, for
person of higher rank. IL man IN
suits another erievously, he must, if able,
pay proper fac; bat it very poor, he's
to be led through the town with his face
smeared with charcoal. A libel is pun
! ished by inficting the same penalty which
would have been incurred by the taultun.
justly charged upon another. But ifzths
truth Of the charge be proved, it is not a
Ilbe !. Whoever refuses IN appear before
the Judge loses his cause.
a husband may administer corporal
punishment to lis wife, for encouraging.
too great intimacy with other men, neg
Iect of domestic duties, quarrelsomeness,
gadding about, medding 100 much in the
concerns Of neighbors, or extravaganza,
He is first required, however, 10 admon-
ish her repeatedly in the presence of wit
nesses, If she still remain incorrigibIe
after reasonable number of foggings, he
NAV divorce her.
If man accidentally set fire to neigh
boris house, he is fined one third thesyal-
ue of his body" but If he was drunk,
or in a violent passion at the time, he must
pay the fall vaIueof his body. A woman
whose husband has gone as soldier, may
marry again if she hear not from him for
six years: if ne went on business, seven
years are required, and if on a religious
object, ten. If woman buy a man and
marry him, and afterward divorce him, be
is no longer slave. If father sci! his
child, and afterwards die possessed Of
properly, so much Of it as is equal to the
price for which the child was Sold must
be paid to that child in addition to his
share Of the inheritance A slave semitic.
war and captured, is free, if he escape and
return. If a master violently beat his
slave, his bond debt is reduced one third.
If death ensue, the parents Of the slave
may claim twice the. value of bis body.
and If there be no parents, that sum is
paid to the judge. If slave ahsconds
from master known to be cruel, there is
no penalty for the person who receives.
and harbors him. If the master has not.
been cruel, he may exact full value OF the
slaves services for the time. If a man
permit his runaway slave to be maintain
ed by another during time of scarcity,
he cannot afterward claim him. A mas
ter may not seize his runaway in another
village, but must notify the head-man.
who shall deliver him up. If stranger
harbor runaway, knowing him to be.
such, he is punishable as thief; but if
he be near citation, there is no penalty.
If man die insolvent, and charitable
peopl e choose to defray the expenses ola
regular funeral, they are not chargeable,,
with any of his debts but if they be par
tcuIar friends, or distant relations, thew
must pay one quarter of his debts and il,
near relations, one half. -
Changing landmark is punished bva,
! heavy fine. Debts contracted by bettinp
may be recovered from the loser, but not
from his family or heirs. A man hart
in wrestling, or other athletic games, can
not recover damages; but if he be killed.
! the injurer must pay the price of his bodv.
| A woman or child charging man with
bodily injury, may adduce as evidence,
marks OF violence on their persons. But
if man Charged woman or ehild, in
the same manner, such marks are not re-
ceived as proof but witnesses must be ad-
duced. An empty vehicle must give
place, on the road to one that is loaded.
and if loaded men meet he who has the
sun on his back must give way. = 2, .sz,.
The value OF the bodies of men and an
finals Is fixed. Thus a new born male is
four ticals, female three, a boy ten, a
girl seven, young man thirty a Young.
woman thirty-fve. OF. rieh persons twice,
these prices are exacted and of PRINCIPAL
officers still larger sums, rapidly inereas-.
ing in proportion to rank -.
In the provinces held by the East In
dia Company,sa salutary change has taxi
en- place in the administration of Justice,
though it is still susceptible of great i'm
provement. - The criminal1code is nearly
like that of Bengal. and thecivi! is found
ed on Burman- practice, the Dam a-that.
and the 7 esa-that or Raia that, which last
is a collection of decisions, and laws made
BY successive kings. A qualified Burn
an is connected with every cutchery, who
explains provincial customs for the infor-
! nation of the magistrate. The only tax
on JUSTICE is a charge of 10 per. cent. on,
the amount of a suit, paid BY the plaintiff
but which is not exacted of the very poor.
One rupee is paid for a summons, and
half rupee for each subpoena to witness
es; but these also are RENTED to the indi-
gent. Professional pleaders are not al