Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-01-17
q TEE CODE

&c TEE GODEi-J.1 3!
Passed by 'the Legislature Of South
CarDlina on 2Oth Dec. 1865. :.
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AN ACT 10 AMExp7rHE CRiXINaE LAW
Be Il enacted 6v he Seaa,el and House Of
Reprss.ntatiyes, l.o,o met and sitting IN gen
srcl Assembly, and by tae aufhor''y % '"e
same, as follows: :; u
soME rRLoNIRs WITHOUT BENEFIT OF cLikGi'
SEC. I. Either of the crimes specified IN
,h;s1irst ssction shall be felony without bene'
At of Clergy, to witt. For person OF color
10 commit anJ ,wilfut homicide unless in self
defence; fora person OF color to commit . an
assault ltuponp o white woman win manifest
intent to, ,ravish her; for person oi color 70
have sexual intercourse witha white woman
By persoaating her husband fora person o. oi
color to raise an inaurrect.on or reoeiiion Id
this State for any-person to furnish arms or
ammu.ision to other persons who are In q
state of actual .insurrection or rebellion, or
nermit them toSresort- to his; hopss for ad-
yancenent of their evil purpose; for any
person to administer, or cause to be taken
bv any other person, any poison, chloroterm,
.ooorific or other destructive thing, or, to
shoo, at.estab, cut or wound any other person,
or nv any means whatsoever to'cause bodily
injury to any other person, whereby, In any
OF tbese.cases, q bodily injury dangerous to
the life Of any other person is caused, with
Intent in any OF these cases to commit the
cine of murder, or the crime of rape, or
the crime OF robbery, burglary or larceny !;
for any person who had been transported i D.
der sentence to return to this State within
the period {of rchibition contained. In the
sentence; or for person to steal horse or
mule. or cotton packed in bale ready Tor
market. ,g... -,
SEC. II. A kitchen, smoks-house, corn
crib. store-room, dairy, servants room, car
r;sae-house. barn or stable, rice'pounding
,niil. threshing- mill, store-baru, mill house,
g;n.houss. workshop, factory or potato house,
sw,thintWo hundred yards of dweli;og house,
and ssed BY any person residing IN the 'asei-
.ling.house, or in either OF the buildings here
ennm Grated, shall be considered parcel OF such
dvelling-house 10 respect to the crimes OF
BURGLARY aud arson, and all crimes which,
eithsr by common law or statute, are consti-
tuted or aggravated by being committedsln 8
edwe,l;apl house. And under this section, any
'6onst, in which dwells watchman or other
person oppointsd to watch or protect pro-
ner.y. shall be considered parcel OF the
aweIl;pp-house, of which all the buildings
last enumerated shall be protected.
s,as yELosIEs WITH BENEFIT OF CLERGY.
: $50. III. Either of the crimes specified in
this third section shall be felony. with benefit
of clergy, to wit: For any person to attempt
Z, rai,e an insurrection or rebellion IN this
State, or to counsel, aid or hire any other
person 10 raise any insurrection or reoeiiion,
although no inSurrection or rebellion may
take place; for any person to administer, or
cause to be taken by any other person. any
: poison, ehloroform, soporitic or other delete
teriou thing, or to shoot At, stsb, cot or
,youad any other person, or by any means
whatsoever, to cause bodily injury to auy
other person, whereby, in auy of these ceses,
a b3dily injury, seriou. but not dangerous 70
life. is caused to auy other person, with intent
in auy of these Ca 'es to commit the crime OF
murder, or the crime Of rape, or The crime OF
robbery, burglary or larceny tor any PcrS'n
20 commit an assault. with any kind OF load
), arms. or with sword, dirk, katie, axe, hatch
stsor other deadly weapon, whereby bodily
!. injury to any person Is canSei, Win Intent 10
commit the crime Of murder, or The crime o!
rape. or the crime Of robbery or burglary;
for any perssn to steal or destroy, or wiliully
conceal. anv last-will and testament, or any
naner i'm the nature of last will and tests
ment; for any person to break and enter any
corn.crib, cotton-h.,lse, Clubhouse, meat 'house,
stable, shop, store room, ware house, counting
house. or other out house, not by the SECOND
: section of this Act, or by previous law, par
c.l of a dwelling. house, and steal therein any
"chattei. money or valuable securities; for any
nerson to steal any bull, COW, OK, steer or
calf: Or to steal any sheep, hog or goat; for
auy rarson uulawiully and maliciously to
burn or destroy, or cause to be burned or de-
:; stroyed, aay cotton, in the seed or ginned,
loose ur in bale, auy corn, shucked or un-
shucked, any wheat, rice, oats, rye, barley,
eaeas or other grain, thrashed or unthrashed,
). aoF fodder, hay, straw or shuckS, if property
10 the value of ten dollars be thereby de-
,troyed; for any person, Hnlswfuliy and ma
liciously; TO burn or destroy, or cause TO be
burned or destroyed, any Clubhouse, mil, ls
house shop, or other clubhouse or bnilding'
not.by.the second section Of this Act, or by
previous law, parcel of .a-dwelhng house ior
a:any servant to steal any .ehattei, money or
valuable security, to the value OF ten dollars,
belonging to or in the possession or power OF
his master or employer, or being II any
dwelling house; for aay person to take from
aryield, not belonging to or being In tho
spossession. of ,such person, any cotton, corn,
g rice or other grain, although the same may
not have been severed from the soil fraudu-
IentIy, With any intent secretly to convert the
same to the use of such person taking the
same: for any person wilfuIly to set FIRE to
iurpentine farms; for any person wlltully to
.fcut any rice field dam, or disturb any tank
or tlood.gate whereby dsmagc may be caused
to the growing crop.
SEQ. Nv. The punishment of felony with
benefit Of. clergy. for the Grst offence, shall,
-s..the diacr..ioi, Of the Court, be by one or
etaore Of the following N 'des, to wit; trans
portation beyond tho limits of this State,
Land prohibition of return for > period not
less than ave yearsi confinement IN penn
tsatiary, work-house, or penal farm, (when
such institutions shall exist for period not
less than three months, NOR more than ten
years; with such imposition of hard labor
and solitary confinement as.may be directed !
q whipping in. all cases involving the cripie1i
Is faisi disqualification to VOTE. for tenn OF
years not exceeding twenty, atany election
made by the people of this State or any part
thereof, for any civil or political office; con.
fnsmsnt in tread-mill or stocks, solitary con-
iinement, hard labor, corporal punishment I;
imprisonment, neelsss than three months nor
more than ten years fine, not.less than one
r2hapared dollars, nor more than five thousand
edoilars. Bat no purishn,satr more deg rading
than imprisonment shall be imposed on a
white person for . crime not infamous. 81,