He who removeth it from the
gibbet shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the officer shall see
that it be replaced.
SECT. VII. Whosoever shall commit murder in any other way shall
suffer death by hanging.
SECT. VIII. And in all cases of Petty treason and murder, one
half of the lands and goods of the offender shall be forfeited to the
next of kin to the person killed, and the other half descend and go
to his own representatives. Save only, where one shall slay the
challenger in a duel, (* 9) in which case, no part of his lands or
goods shall be forfeited to the kindred of the party slain, but
instead thereof, a moiety shall go to the commonwealth.
SECT. IX. The same evidence (* 10) shall suffice, and order and
course (* 11) of trial be observed in cases of Petty treason as in
those of other (* 12) murders.
SECT. X. Whosoever shall be guilty of manslaughter, (* 13)
shall, for the first offence, be condemned to hard (* 14) labour for
seven years in the public works; shall forfeit one half of his lands
and goods to the next of kin to the person slain; the other half to
be sequestered during such term, in the hands, and to the use, of the
commonwealth, allowing a reasonable part of the profits for the
support of his family.
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