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1838. April 16. Sections 8th and 9th of a supplement to an act to incorporate the Middleport and Pine Creek Railroad Company.

1839. July 2. Sections 122d and 123d of an act relating to the elections of this Commonwealth.

1840. April 1. So much of the 1st section (as provides penalties against purchasers and receivers of stolen lumber) of a supplement to an act passed twentyninth March, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act to prevent the destruction of timber," and supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to prevent the damages which may happen by firing woods," passed eighteenth April, seventeen hundred and ninety-four.

1840. April 16. Section 4th of a further supplement to the act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Miners' Bank of Pottsville, in the county of Schuylkill," passed 7th February, 1828.

1841. May 27. Section 10th of an act relating to the election of county treasurers, and for other purposes, so far as the same relates to county treasurers.

1842. March 12. Section 7th of an act to provide for the resumption of specie payments by the banks of this Commonwealth, and for other purposes.

1842. March 14. Section 10th of an act to enable the Commissioners of Greene County to sell real estate, and for other purposes.

1842. June 23. Section 2d of an act to establish an institution by the name of the Institution for Colored Youths.

1842. July 12. Sections 20th and 21st of an act for abolishing imprisonment for debt, and punishing fraudulent debtors.

1843. April 19. Section 1st of an act to punish seduction, and to afford a more adequate civil remedy for the injury.

1844. April 26. Fifth resolution providing against receivers of stolen goods, entitled "Resolution to authorize the County Commissioners of Philadelphia County to borrow money, and for other purposes."

1845. April 16. Section 17th of an act to increase the revenues and diminish the expenses of the Commonwealth.

1846. April 17. Sections 1st and 2d of a further supplement to the penal laws of this Commonwealth.

1846. April 20. Section 2d of an act to provide for the ordinary expenses of government, the repairs of canals and railroads, and other claims upon the Commonwealth.

1847. February 16. An act for the suppression of gambling.

1847. February 18. An act concerning sentences of convicts.

1847. March 3. An act to define and punish the offence of bribery.

1847. March 3. Sections 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 6th of an act to prevent kidnapping, preserve the public peace, etc.

1847. March 3. An act to prevent and punish frauds in the use of false stamps and labels.

1847. March 16. Sections 1st and 3d of an act declaring obstructions to private roads to be a public nuisance, and for other purposes.

1847. March 16. Section 4th of an act relating to the second brigade, eighth division, Pennsylvania militia; and relative to the Doylestown Grays; and relative to the Luzerne and Northampton Coal Company; and disturbing religious congregations.

1848. April 10. Section 1st of a further supplement to the penal laws of this State.

1848. April 10. Section 3d of an act extending the chancery powers of, and the jurisdiction and proceedings in certain courts.

1849. February 19. Section 16th of an act regulating railroad companies. 1819. February 27. Section 1st of an act declaratory of the act, entitled "An act declaring obstructions to private roads a public nuisance," etc.

1849. April 5. Section 2d of an act to prevent the opening of streets or public roads through burial-grounds, and for the protection of cemeteries and graveyards.

1849. April 9. Section 7th of an act relative to the venders of mineral water. 1849. April 16. Sections 7th, 10th and 11th of an act relating to lunatics and habitual drunkards; to punish aldermen and justices of the peace for misdemeanors; relating to arbitration in the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia; relative to deeds of assignment; relative to judgment liens; relating to the limitations of actions; relating to liens and terre tenants; and for the more effectual punishment of arson.

1849. April 21. Section 2d of an act to restrain corporations from issuing obligations redeemable otherwise than in gold and silver and in current bank notes. 1850. April 16. Section 20th of an act regulating banks.

1850. April 25. Sections 34th, 36th and 40th of an act relating to executrixes; to partition in the Orphans' Court and Common Pleas, etc.

1850. May 3. Sections 4th and 5th of an act providing for the election of district attorneys.

1851. April 14. Section 11th of an act, entitled "An act extending the time for the completion of the Hollidaysburg and Bedford Turnpike Company," etc.

1851. April 14. Section 8th of an act relating to the commencement of actions; to judgments and decrees for the payment of money to the widows and children of decedents; to partitions in the Common Pleas; relative to penalties of telegraph operators, etc.

1851. April 15. Section 1st of an act to prevent the landing of foreign convicts,

etc.

1852. March 10. A further supplement to the penal laws of this State, to render their limitation uniform.

1852. May 4. Section 3d of an act relative to courts of this Commonwealth. 1854. May 8. Section 5th of an act to protect certain domestic and private rights, and to prevent abuses in the sale and use of intoxicating drinks.

1855. March 13. A supplement to an act to define and punish the offence of bribery.

1855. April 26. Sections 1st and 2d of an act relating to estates held for corporate, religious and charitable uses.

1855. May 7. An act to protect burial-grounds.

1855. May 7. Section 3d of an act to protect keepers of hotels, inns and boardinghouses.

1855. May 8. Section 3d of an act relating to electrical telegraphs, and messages sent thereby.

1855. May 8. An act to punish and prevent frauds in the use of false stamps, labels and trade-marks.

1856. April 4. An act relating to agricultural, horticultural and floral exhibitions. 1856. April 26. An act to prevent the imprisonment of witnesses in certain cases. 1856. May 13. An act relative to libels.

1856. November 6. An act allowing bills of exception and writs of error in criminal cases, except sections 6th and 7th thereof.

1857. April 24. An act to repeal the act of the tenth March, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, limiting the commencement of prosecutions.

1858. March 15. A supplement to an act relating to embezzlement.

1858. April 15. An act to make better provision for the punishment of frauds committed by bankers, trustees and other persons intrusted with property.

1858. April 20. Section 11th of a supplement to an act to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors, etc., so far as the same relates to the sale of adulterated liquors.

1859. April 6. Section 1st of an act further to prevent the disturbance of public meetings.

1859. April 12. An act relating to costs in certain cases.

SECTION 82. The acts of Assembly, and parts thereof, herein before repealed, shall be and the same are hereby continued in force and effect, until this act, and the act to consolidate, revise and amend the penal laws of this Commonwealth, shall go into force and effect, according to the provisions thereof; and the said acts and parts thereof, and all other parts of the existing criminal law, shall continue in full force and effect, anything in this act, or the act to consolidate, revise and amend the penal laws of this Commonwealth, to the contrary notwithstanding, as to all crimes and offences committed before this act, and the act to consolidate, revise and amend the penal laws of this Commonwealth, shall have become a law, or shall have gone into effect: Provided, That all suits, indictments and prosecutions, for such crimes and offences, shall be brought within the time limited and prescribed by this act.

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1. Act 31 March, 1860, Sec. 1, P. L., 385.—If any person owing allegiance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, shall levy war against the same, or shall adhere to the enemies thereof, giving them aid and comfort within the State or elsewhere, and shall be thereof convicted, on confession in open court, or on the testimony of two witnesses, to the same overt act of the treason whereof he shall stand indicted, such person shall, on conviction, be adjudged guilty of treason against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and undergo an imprisonment, by separate and solitary confinement at labor, not exceeding twelve years.

Respublica v. Molder, 1778, 1 Dallas, 32.—“ Every person accused, or indicted of high treason, shall have a copy of the whole indictment (but not the names of the witnesses), a reasonable time, not less than one day, before the trial; his attorney, counsel or agent requiring the same, and paying reasonable fees therefor; and shall also be furnished with a copy of the panel of the jurors who are to try him, duly returned by the sheriff, and delivered to him, or his counsel, a reasonable time, not less than one day, before his trial."

Respublica v. Malin, 1778, 1 Dallas, 33.-" Evidence may be given of an overt act committed in another county, after an overt act is proved to have been committed in the county where the indictment is laid and tried."

1. Respublica v. McCarty, 1781, 2 Dallas, 86.-"Nothing will excuse the act of joining an enemy but the fear of immediate death."

2. "When an overt act of treason has been proved by two witnesses, the defendant's confession of another species of treason is admissible on corroboration." 1. Respublica v. John Roberts, 1778, 1 Dallas, 39.—“ Under the Act of 1777, there must be an actual enlistment of the person persuaded, to constitute the offence of treason."

2. "Although the defendant's confession, proved by two witnesses, is not sufficient to convict him, substantively, yet, where an overt act is proved, the confession may be given in evidence to substantiate it, although of another species of treason."

Respublica v. Chapman, 1781, 1 Dallas, 53.-"High treason might have been committed against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, previous to the meeting of the Supreme Executive Council, in March, 1777; but under the Act of 28th of January, 1777, it seems that an inhabitant of Pennsylvania had the privilege of choosing his side in the political contest until the 11th of February, 1777."

2. Act 31 March, 1860, Sec. 2, P. L., 385, Misprision of Treason. If any person, having knowledge of any of the treasons aforesaid, shall conceal, and not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the governor or attorney-general of the State, or some one of the judges or justices thereof, such person shall, on conviction, be adjudged guilty of misprision of treason, and shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and undergo an imprisonment, by separate or solitary confinement at labor, not exceeding six years: Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the conviction of any husband or wife for concealing any treasons committed by them respectively.

Respublica v. Weidle, 1781, 2 Dallas, 88.-Words must be spoken with a malicious and mischievous intention, in order to render them criminal misprision of treason.

3. Act 18 April, 1861, Sec. 1, P. L., 408.—If any person or persons belonging to or residing within this State, and under the protection of its laws, shall take a commission or commissions, from any person, State or States, or other the enemies of this State, or of the United States of America, or who shall levy war against this State or government thereof, or knowingly and willingly shall aid or assist any enemies in open war against this State or the United States, by joining their armies, or by enlisting, or procur

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