 And it is hereby enacted, that any act which would be a penal offence if done to a free man shall be equally an offence if done to any person on the pretext of his being in a condition of slavery.  Native Life in Travancore - Page 298by Samuel Mateer - 1883 - 434 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1853 - 1048 pages
...such person from whom the property may have been derived, was a slave. IV. And it is hereby enacted, That any act which would be a penal offence if done...the pretext of his being in a condition of slavery." EXTRACTS OF A LETTER FROM MR. JOHN BROOKS. Calcutta, Feb. 7, 1843. Mr much loved and honoured parents,... | |
 | Asia - 1842 - 666 pages
...evidence and opinions we have now before us, to pass a law, declaring that any act which would be an offence if done to a free man. shall be equally an offence if done to a slave, or, as I would rather say, to any one in any condition of dependence on a master ; and I would... | |
 | Asia - 1843 - 734 pages
...or enforcing any rights arising out of an alleged property in the person or services of another, and any act which would be a penal offence if done to a free man is declared to be equally an offence if done to any person on the pretext of his being in a condition... | |
 | Great Britain - 636 pages
...and opinions we have now before us, to pass a law, declaring that any act which would be an oiFence if done to a free man, shall be equally an offence if done to a slave, or as I would rather say, to any one in any condition of dependence on a master, and I would... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1850 - 228 pages
...that such person, or that the person from whom the property may have been derived, was a slave. " IV. That any act which would be a penal offence if done...the pretext of his being in a condition of slavery." Much, however, still remains to be done, until slavery be as effectually extinguished in the East as... | |
 | India - 1849 - 620 pages
...be inadmissible in any Court. Slaves themselves are competent to acquire and inherit property, and any act which would be a penal offence, if done to a freeman, was made equally an offence, if done to a person on the ground that such person was a slave.... | |
 | India - 1849 - 618 pages
...be inadmissible in any Court. Slaves themselves are competent to acquire and inherit property, and any act which would be a penal offence, if done to a freeman, was made equally an offence, if done to a person on the ground that such person was a slave.... | |
 | George Smoult Fagan - Law - 1862 - 1128 pages
...act to be nafo'ffence on acdcroe to ed slave. ^s hereby enacted that any act, which would ^ea Pena^ offence if done to a free man, shall be equally an...done to any person on the pretext of his being in a -p.- <• i condition ot slavery. MADKAS. ACT No. VI. OF 1843. Repealed ly Act X. 1861. ACT No. VII.... | |
 | Law - 1865 - 408 pages
...the person from whom the property may have been derived, was a slave. IV. " And it is hereby enacted, that any act which would be a penal offence if done to a free man, should (qu. shall) be equally an offence if done to any person on the pretext of his being in a condition... | |
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