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Agreements--not cognizable, unless written and registered; being
witnessed by one person, not a prisoner.
Apprentices and Deserters--forbid to be harbored or inveigled,
under the penalty of six months hard labor, exclusive of penalties
by law ordained, if free; and, if a prisoner, one hundred lashes,
with other penalties, at discretion of a bench of magistrates.
Arms and Ammunition--prohibited to be landed without permission,
under the penalty of forfeiting bond and charter-party.
Assault.--Every description of persons to obtain redress by action
or indictment; and persons beating prisoners assigned them, to
forfeit such future indulgence.
Assignments--not cognizable, unless drawn up at the judge-advocate's
office and registered.
The Present Picture Of New South Wales, 1811 |