Agreements - Assignments

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