New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-10
JUDGES AND LAWS.
The last Legislature of our State, while it passed
some bad acts, passed also several good ones
among them the following:

The last Legislature of our State, while it passed
some bad acts, passed also several good ones
| among them the following:
AN ACT ia ntoa to copi1i z4hneHt and 70 proriAeJo
ne Hgys ct,a Fsa.,hi a. t,f ey@s o. r,s.
erd Assembly. do enact follows:
sECroS No crime hereafter committed except treason and
murder tie hrst degee SHAH be punished with death IN the
SFc Al rIder Which shall be perpetrased by means Of
poison or by lying IN wait by ady other kind OF ~u
debeute ard pTeneoted Killing orwhich sal be committed
in heT pslroq or the attempt to ItIp,tfae any arson
mPhsonPet ,al bf dc 9ned marde Of the NE degree and
derreei and the Juy before whom any person indicted ior
muder in either ocTec SHAH De ted sha u they had such
SIC -pol sry Indictment ar inst any person for mud in
the Crit 0egee, shall and uy be lawful for tbs Jury TO mud
such ar,uled person guilty Of murder In the second degree
shg Me- iry gi,.9 s - o. Amy cs pm b
~, s PIN n eb Of e,tb ssi he pred
The presiding udyo OF the court which such conyi'ou shall
have taken shai thersrp1n transmit 70 the
and sentence win the notes OF testimony taken by such judge
10 person 20 sentenced or mprisonei shall b. exc.
cuted In puesce Of such senelcr within yeaT from tho
d which such genterCe f death shall b. passed nor until
The whole record OF the proceeding, shall BE- certified by the
CeIk OF the Court IN h tn conviction had under the
tthUcof 70 The Governor Of the state nor until warrant
shah be issuec By the Governor the est seal Of the
State, objected u le Sheriff Of the county in witch the State
Prou may be- siuae9 commanding The said sentence OF death
sEc Evey pool coud Of murder In the second de-
sae Ps9E ad be kt In counuemen at hard LABOR io his or
her natualf,s.
$40 l. Section Of Title Of Chapter Of Part Of the Re.
vised Ststutes shall B. amended o. Irsd f3l1Ws.
SECTION LverJ p@ffon who N hereafter be convicted, lt,
Of TREASON eaio tic pee pe this State I'd Of murder 30,
or arson IN the m degree those crimes pccvely de-
claTed In tis title sm be pnistrd herein provided.
$40 Section 10 OF said Title ID hereby amended TO
read o. fellows.
hEC IS Tho inguson OF he jury shall be signed by them
and tie thtiH Al b. found bY such Iquistou that such
convict b. aue tho fh, shall convey aid convict the
Lnstc ns Jun or iu ccnic there kept the
peLss OF tie site NTH such tne the suporu Their,
thll couJ u hc Governor that said lns5 sane aud tie
Governor ruy uc Lis warrant or Lis cli8n II
b. convicted Of murder in the ht degree or NAV direct
hst he be impJnea in oil toe state Pou according 90
law.
SEC Tie rovis,ous q this Tor the Punishment of nut
der IN the h Dc gree sla apply 10 the crime teasou aid lie
pansLs1 VI murder tie second dagee herein provided
shall apfB 70 al ces pushabe with death except as
herein provided.
SIC To- All prfCuH under Of death I'm this Stat.
convicted Of murder md awaiting t.nlecc shall be punished
II convicted Of murder OF tho int gree uudor TIL. sct
SIC H. Sections twelve thirteen fourteen rinaTstn twenty
tWtLyoIe, tseuy two, twenty three twtay-fOuf twenty,
bye twenty ia and .wenune Of said Title bertby fe.
pesed
Such being how the undoubted law Of our State
certain Judges appear to have catered into con.