The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-12-30

according to its nature and degree,
be punished, at the discretion of the
court, by one or more Of the modes
prescribed in the section last preced-
ing for q felony with benefit of
clergy.
Upon view of felony committed,
or upon certain information that a
felony has been committed, any per-
son may arrest the felon and take him
to n judge or magistrate, to be dealt
with according to law.
1t shall be lawful for any citizen to
arrest any person i the night time,
by such efficient meansas the darkness
and the probability OF his escape
render necessary even if his life
should be thereby taken, in cases
where he has committed felony, or
has entered q dwelling house with
evil intent, or has broken or is break
ing into an clubhouse, with view to
plumber, or has in his possession sto-
len property, or being under circam-
stances which raise just suspicion of
his design to steal or commit some
felony, fees when he is hailed.
Whensoever hereafter any person
shall migrate into this State, and re-
side here, or exhibit an intention SO
to reside, if his bad character or his
inability to support himself and
family shall be made to appear to the
Judge of the District Court, the said
Judge shall, by written warrant, re-
qulre him to enter, within twenty
days thereafter, in bond, payable
to the State, with two freehollers as
sureties, whose sutfciency shall be
approved by the Clerk of the Court,
in penalty of one thousand dollars,
conditioned for his good behavior,
and for his continued support of
himself and family. And in case
such person shall failto give the bond
rs so required, the District Judge is
hereby authorized and required upon
complaint and due proof thereof, to
issue a warrant commanding such
person to leave the State within ten
days thereafter. And if any such
person so ordered to leave the State
| shall not do SO within the time pre-
scribed in such warrant, he shall be
guilty Of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction thereof, be liable to fire,
imprisonment, corporeal punishment
and hard labor, at the discretion of
the Court. If the bond aforesaid
should be given, it shall be kept by
the Clerk, and suit thereon may be
ordered by the District Judge. In
such suit, any fine imposed upon the
principal obligor and not paid by
! him, and any sums expended for the
support of himself or his family,
under public authority, shall be as
scssed as damages, to be collected
under the Judgment for the penalty
of the bond, which shall be recovered
upon proof of any breach of the con-
ditioD. If any person, who shall
have been convicted of any Infamous
offence in any other State or country,
shall come or be brought into this
State, such person, on conviction
thereof, shall be sentenced to trans
portation beyond the limits of this
State for life, or to hard labor, with
occasional solitary confinement, for
any period not exceeding fifteen
years.
Any simple larceny of any article
Of goods, chooses III action, bank bills,
bills receivable, chattcls, or any arti-
cles of personality, of which now by
law larceny may be committed; of all
domcsticated animals and animals
fsroe maturCe, which have, in any de-
gree, been subjected to the control of
an owner; of all growing crops, or
parts thereof; of all annual products
of the soil, and of all such fixtures
and parts of the soil as were severed
from the soil by an unlawful act,
below the value of twenty dollars,
shall be misdemeanor, and be con-
sidered petit larceny.
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