Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-04-12

punishable with death Is put upon his trial. the
clerk under the direction OF the court. shall place
the names of all the traverse jurors summoned and
in attendance, in a box, upon separate tickets and
the names, after being mixed, shall be drawn from
the box by the clerk. one al time, for the purpose
of constituting jury of trial. All peremptory
challenges except herein provided and all other
challenges and objections to the juror drawn
shall be made and determined and the Juror sworn
set aside before another Is drawn and 40 on
until the panel IL completed The person indicted
shall not challenge peremptory, more than twenty,
nor the state more than five of the urors while the
panel il being formed but such person NAV, before
the trial commences challenge peremptorily, two OF
the jurors from the panel The supreme judicial
court may, by general rules prescribe the mode OF
exercising the latter right of challenge and said
section, as amended il revived
SECT. = Chapter two hundred and thirtv-seyen
OF the public laws ofeghteen hundred and seventy
four is amended by substituting the word county
for state in line eleven SO that said section n,
amended shall read "a follows: sThe clerk shall
without charge, furnish any person ndicted for
crime punishable by imprisonment in the state
prson,a copy OF the indictment. IL he il indicted
Tor crime punishable by death imprisonment in
the state prison for life, he shall furnish copy OF
the indictmenta list OF the jurors returned and proc
ess to obtain witnesses, to be summoned and paid
AT the expense ofthe state; but in all case. where
the punishment of the crime charged in the indict-
mcnt may be simply tor term of wears witnesses
shall be summoned and paid ut the expense o, the
state only at the discretion of the court Compeent
counsel shall be assigned by the court in capital
cases, when 1t appears that the accused has not
-uhclent means TO employ counsel; and reasonable
compensation not exceeding one hundred and hfty
noIlars III all nj any one trial, shall be allowed
the court, TO be paid out of the county treasury
SECT. $. Ifa motion for new trial In a capital
case IS denied by the justice before whom the same
u heard the respondent may appeal from said decis
ion to the next law for such district: and the
of bat three justices shall be necessary
TO grant such motion
SECT g. 1t person convicted under section one
y AT the time when motion for sentence IL made,
found to the satisfaction of the court TO be insane
tne court may cause such person to be removed to
the insane hospital for such term and under such
limitations rs 1t may direct.
SECT. 10. II tappears to the satisfaction of the
governor ana council that convict under sentence
OF death has become insane, the execution of said
sentence may be respited by the governor with the
advice OF council. from time to time for stated
periods until they satisfied that the convict is no
longer insane.
SECT. IL. The governor. with the advice of
council, may respite, from time to time, the exc
cuion OF sentence of death for stated periods so
long as he may deem 1t necessary to afford him an
investigating and considering the facts OF the case
Ior tnat purpose. approved March 10, 1881
Chapter 9O6.
Az ACT TO fix the salary of the County Attorney
for Knox County.
ne 1t enacted DC. rs follows:
SECT l. + rom and after the first day of January
IN the year of our Lord thousand eight hundred
and eightythree, the salary of the county attorney
for the county OF Knox, shall be five hundred dol
SRcr. = This act shall take effect when approved
lApproVed March 10, 1881
Chapter SOY,
AN ACT to amend section four OF chapter sixtv-one
ofthe Revised Statutes relating TO the liabilities
of married women.
BE IL enacted, de-, as follows:
oecton -FOUR OF chapter sxty-one of the revised
statutes Is hereby amended by inserting after the
word purpose" in the fourth line thereof the
words neither is he liable for her torts COMMITTEE
alter April twenty-sx eighteen hundred and eighty.
.Iee, IN which he takes part also by striking ont
the WORD both, In the same line, and inserting in
stead thereof the words all such also by inserting
ater the word "debts - In the seventh line thereof
we wores and for damages for such torts' so thai
the same section, amended, shall be as follows:
SECT. 4; A husband married since April TWEEN
ty-siX, eighteen hundred and fty-two is not liable