SECT. XXXVI. Slaves guilty of any offence (* 47) punishable in
others by labour in the public works, shall be transported to such
parts in the West-Indies, South-America, or Africa, as the Governor
shall direct, there to be continued in slavery.
(* 1) This takes away the punishment of cutting off the hand of
a person striking another, or drawing his sword in one of the
superior courts of justice. Stamf. P. C. 38. 33. H. 8. c. 12. In
an earlier stage of the Common law, it was death. Gif hwa gefeohte
on Cyninges huse sy he scyldig ealles his yrfes, and sy on Cyninges
dome hwaether he lif age de nage; si quis in regis domo pugnet,
perdat omnem suam haereditatem, et in regis sit arbitrio, possideat
vitam an non possideat. Ll. Inae. 6. Gif hwa on Cyninges healle
gefeohte, oththe his waepne gebrede, and hine mon gefo, sy thaet on
Cyninges dome swa death, swa lif, swa he him forgyfan wille: si quis
in aula regia pugnet, vel arma sua extrahat et capiatur, sit in regis
arbitrio tam mors quam vita, sicut ei condonare voluerit. Ll. Alfr.
7, Gif hwa on Cyninges hirede gefeohte tholige thaet lifes, buton se
Cyning him gearian wille: si quis in regia dimicat, perdat vitam,
nisi rex hoc illi condonare velit. Ll. Cnuti.
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