The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-10-17
THE BLUEST OF THE
BLUE LAWS.
THEY WE'RE CERTAINLY ON the con.
MECTIcUT STATUTE BOOKS.

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nEcTIcUT STATUTE BOOKS.
The Strange Religious kessriesions.
Stocks. whipping Posts and Prohibi-
ton Of Sunday kissing.
Washington Times.I
Attorney Henry G.. Newton, Of
New Haven, Conn, inos that the
only basis for the So called Connect
lieut. Blue Laws is in q history of
Colonial times, written by Rev. |
Samuel Peters, who was pastor of q |
church In Hartford about the time
Of the Revolution.
But Mr.. Newton's critics have dis |
covered that he has not shown in
any way that Peters version is not
correct, and, as he attempted to
show, that the laws really existed as
Historian Peters described.
Here are some Of the laws, all of
which are identical, in a vital sense,
with old Colonial enactments
No. 10.-"No one shall be free
man or give a vote unless he is con-
verted and member in full COM
munion of one Of the churches al
lowed in this dominion"
No. 12.-"Each freeman shall
swear by the blessed God to bear
true allegiance to this dominion, and
that Jesus is the only king"
No. 13.-"No Quaker or dissenter
from the established worship of this
dominion shall be allowed to give a
vote for the election eff magistrates
or any other officer"
No. l4.-''No food or lodging shall
be afforded Quaker, Adamits or
other hereto"
No. 15.-"If any person turns
Quaker he shall be banished, and not
suffered to return, under pain of
DEATH"
No. l6.-"No priest shall abide in
this dominion; he shall be banished,
and suffer death on his return.
Priests may be seized by anyone
without warrant"
No. 18.-"No one shall ride of the
Sabbath day or walk in his garden
or elsewhere, except reverently to
and from meeting"
| No. l9.-"No one shall travel,
cook victuals, make beds, sweep
houses, cut hair or shave on the
Sabbath day"
| No. 2O.-"No woman shall kiss her
child on the Sabbath day or fast
day.
| No. 21.-"The Sabbath shall be-
gin at sunset on Saturday." Mr..
Newton, commenting, said: 1.-The
twenty-first blue law, making the
Sabbath begin at sunset was, of
course, the law of the New Haven
Colony, and the law of our fore
fathers down to a comparatively re-
cent period. Under the Mosaic law
Sabbath begins at sunset, and such
! has been the law of the Sabbath
since the evening and the morning
of the first day"
i No. 22.-"To pick an ear of corn
growing in neighbours garden shall
, be deemed a theft"
No. A.-"When it appears that
an accused has confederates and he
refuses to discover them he may be
racked."
No. N.-"Whosoever publishes q
lie to the prejudice of his neighbor
shall sit in the stocks, or be whipped
fifteen stripes"
No. 28.-"No minister shall keer
, a school,"
} No. 3O.-"Men stealers shall suffe,
| DEATH"
No. 31.-"Whosoever wears clothes
trimmed with gold, silver or bone
lace, above two shilllngs by the
yard, shall be presented by the grand
, jurors, and the selectman shall tai
; the offender at 300 pounds ($1, 800,
estate"
No. 80 whatsoever sets tire
in the woods, and it burns a house
, shall suffer death; and persons sus
pected of this crime shall be i'm
, prisoned without benefit of bail"
} No. 4.-"Whosoevel brings card,
or dice into this dominion shall pa,
t a fine of five pounds" <925.OO).
= No. 35.-"No one shall read common
prayer, keep Christmas, or Saints
day, make mince pies, dance, pla,
, play cards. or play on any instru
, ment of music, except the drum
r trumpet or jewsharp."
e No. 4O.-Adultery shall be pun
t ished with DEATH"
No. 43.-''No man shall court
= maid in person or by letter withou
! first obtaining the consent of he
Z parents, five pound penalty for tn
first offense; ten pound penalty TO
, the second, and for the third i'm
prisonment during the pleasure o
: the COURT
: No. 4.-''Married persons mus
:. live together or be imprisoned"
J, No. 45.-Every male shall hav
= his hair cut round according to
= cap"