Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-11-22


i An ACT in addition to chapter 95 Of the
Revised Statutes, OF offences against pri'
waite property.
II is hereby enacted by the General As.
sembly of the State of Vermont, as follows
ST. IL any person shall wilfully and ma
l lIciously set fire, with intent TO burn. to the
dwelling of another, or any outbuild-
1 ings adjoining thereto, or to any other build
ing or if any person shall wilfuly and ma
liciously set fire, with intent to burn, to any
meeting house, church, or court house, town
house, college, academy, jail, school house,
or other building, erected for public use, or
to any bank, warehouse, Office, store, shop,
mandatory, mill, or barn Of another, or to
any vessel, cutter, or boat, used on any lake,
river or creek, in this state, or to any bridge,
lock, dam, or fume. he shall be punished by
Imprisonment in the state prison not more
than ten years, and be fined not exceeding
one thousand dollars
50. This act shall take effect from its pas
sage. Approved Oct. 20, lS44
AN Act to repeal ian act relating to the
punishment of capital crimes" approved
November ~, 1912.
1t is hereby enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Vermont, as follows
g. When any person shall be convicted
Of any crime punishable with death, and sem
fenced to suffer such punishment, he shall
at the same time be sentenced to solitary
confinement in the state prison, until such
punishment shall be inflicted.
81. No person SO sentenced and impris-
oned, shall be executed in pursuance of
such sentence previous to the expiration Of
one year from the day such sentence was
nor until the court which pass
ed the sentence Of death shall have issued /
their warrant under the seal of said court
directed to the sheriff Of the county where
The state prison is situated commanding said
sheriff to cause the said sentence TO be car
lied into execution.
50. SAID court shall, within three months
liter the expiration of one year from the day
,f passing sentence of death against any
person. issue their warrant TO the sher-
fl of the county in which the state prison is
situated, agreeably TO the provisions of sec
ion two of this act, and the sentence shall,
II the time directed by the warrant, be exc
'nted within the walls of the prison, or in
he enclosed yard OF the same, unless, pre- /.
ious to that time, the legislature OF the |
tate shall have COMMITTED the punishment
# such person 1
81. The sheriff OF said county shall be ,
resent at the place Of execution, unless pre- {
ented by sickness or other casualty, and al !
o two of his deputies designated By him !
Ie shall request the states attorney Of the r
Ounty and twelve citizens, including a sur
con or physician, and shall permit the i
ounsel of the prisoner, such minister of the Z
ospel as the prisoner shall desire, and his /
elatiVes, to be present, and such officers of
ie prison. deputies, constables and military
uard as he may deem best, and no others Z
S.5 When a sheriff shalt inilict the pun '
hment of death upon any convict in obedi- $
nee TO a warrant as aforesaid, he shall re- a
i'm copy thereof, with his doings thereon, "
} the office of the Secretary of State, as II
ION as may be, and shall also return the
rIginal warrant, with his doings thereon, to
le court from which said warrant issued, :
nd the clerk shall suboin to the record of :
le sentence, brief abstract Of the sher-
RS return upon said warrant
SO. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent I
18th the provisions OF this act are repealed :,
-oylded, that any conviction had, or iudg-
ent, or sentence rendered, according to the
DIVISIONS of said laws, shall be carried into 81
lect in the same manner as If said laws
I'd not been repealed or this act passed ell
81. This act shall take effect from its pas fe
ge. Approved Oct. 81, 1874 g
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