 ... it shall be found that the said complaint is true, it shall be the duty of the said magistrates, and they are hereby required, to proceed against the offender according to law ; but if it shall appear that such complaint was groundless, the said magistrates...  The Common-sense book - Page 2001824Full view - About this book
 | John Lunan - Jamaica - 1819 - 228 pages
...true, it shall be the duty of the said magistrates, and they are hereby required, to proceed against the offender according to law ; but if it >shall appear that such complaint was groundless, the said magistrates shall punish the complainant, and 8r the person giving information thereof, in jsuch manner... | |
 | Saint Vincent. Governor (1809-1829 : Brisbane) - Slave rebellions - 1823 - 84 pages
...found that the said complaint " is true, it shall be the duty of the said Justices, 40 " and they are hereby required to prosecute the " offender according...the " person giving information thereof, if a free per" son, by imprisonment, not exceeding ten days, " and if a Slave, by any number of stripes, not... | |
 | William Wilberforce - Abolitionists - 1823 - 642 pages
...meaning of the Act. But at the end of the section comes a proviso of a most extraordinary description : " But, if it shall appear that such complaint was groundless, the said magistrates SHALL PUNISH the complainant, and the person giving information thereof, IN SUCH MANNER... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Antislavery movements - 1823 - 586 pages
...meaning of the Act. But at the end of the section comes a proviso of a most extraordinary description : " But, if it shall appear that such complaint was groundless, the said magistrates SHALL PUNISH the complainant, and the person giving information thereof, IN SUCH MANNER... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons - Antislavery movements - 1823 - 476 pages
...'meaning of the Act. But at the end of the section comes a proviso of a most extraordinary description : " But, if it shall appear that such complaint, was groundless, the said magistrates SHALL PUNISH the complainant, and the person giving information thereof, IN SUCH MANNER... | |
 | James Stephen - Antislavery movements - 1824 - 568 pages
...true, it shall be the duty of the said magistrates, " and they are hereby required to proceed against the offender " according to law; but if it shall appear that such complaint " was groundless, the said magistrates shall punish the com" plainant, and the person giving information thereof, in SUCH " MANNER... | |
 | James Stephen - Antislavery movements - 1824 - 570 pages
...true, it shall be the duty of the said magistrates, " and they are hereby required to proceed against the offender -" according to law ; but if it shall appear that such complaint " lisas groundless, the said magistrates shall punish the com" plainant, and the person giving information... | |
 | 1825 - 864 pages
...true, it shall be the duty of the said magistrates, and they are hereby required, to proceed against the offender according to law ; but if it shall appear that such complaint was groundless, the said magistrates shall punish the complainant, and the person giving information thereof, in such manner... | |
 | Richard Bickell - Antislavery movements - 1825 - 286 pages
...is true, it shall be the duty of such magistrates, and they are hereby required to proceed against the offender according to law ; but if it shall appear that -such complaint was groundless, the said magistrates shall punish the complainant, and the person giving information thereof, in such manner... | |
 | Saint Vincent. Governor (1809-1829 : Brisbane) - Enslaved persons - 1826 - 42 pages
...shall be found that the said complaint is true, it shall be the duty of the said Justices, and they are hereby required to prosecute the offender according...if a Slave, by any number of stripes, not exceeding thirty-nine, and commitment to hard labour for a period not exceeding ten days, and the costs and charges... | |
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