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bound, without any order being 
eypable of dispensing with his so 
doing, to present the person of the 
prisoner to the civil officer, having 
the police of the house of deten- 
ton, as often as shall be required 
by that civil officer. 
230. The prodution of the per. 
son confined cannot be refused to 
his relations and friends, who have 
an Order of the civil officer, which 
ke shall be bound to grant, except 
the keeper or gaoler present a di- 
rcétion from the judge, transcribed 
upon his register, to detain the 
person arrested im secret custody. 
z3r. Every man, whatever be 
his place or employment, except 
those to whom the Jaw gives the 
right of arrest, who shall give, sign, 
execute, or cause to be executed, 
an order to arrest an individual; 
er whoever, even in the case of 
arrest authorized by the law, shall 
conduét, receive, or detain an indi- 
vidual, or in a place of detention 
mot publicly and legally appointed ; 
and all keepers and gaolers, who 
shall contravene the regulations 
of the above articles, shall be guilry 
of the crime of arbitrary deien~ 
tion. 
232. All rigours employed in 
arrests, detentions, or executions, 
other than those prescribed by the 
liv, are crimes. 
233. There are in each deparr. 
ment for.the trial of offences, the 
punishment of which is neither 
corporal nor infamous, three cor. 
reCtional tribunals at least, or six at 
most. ‘Lhese tribunals cannot pro- 
nounce heavier punistiments than 
imprisonment for two years. The 
cognizance of offences, the punish. 
ment of which exceeds not the va» 
Ise of three days’ labour, or impri- 
sonmetit. for three days, is dele. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1793. | 
gated.to the justice of peace, who 
pronounces in dernier resort. 
234. Each correétional tribunal 
is composed of a president, two 
justices of peace, or assessors to a 
justice of peace of the commune 
in which it-is established, of acom- 
missdry of the executive power, 
nominated and removable by_ the 
executive dire€tory, and of a re- 
gister, 
235. The president of each cor- 
reGtional tribunal is taken every 
six months, and by turn, front 
among the members of the se€tions 
of the civil tribunal of department, 
the presidents excepted, 
236. There is an appeal from 
the judgments of the correctional 
tribunal to the criminal tribunal of 
department, 
237. In matter of offences sub. 
je& to corporal or infamous pu- 
nishment, no person can be tried but 
upon an accusation admitted by the 
jurors, or decreed by the legislative 
body, in the case in which it be- 
longs to it to decree accusation. 
238. A first jury declares if the. 
accusation ought to be admitted 
or rejected ; the fact is tried by a 
second jury, and the punishmene 
determined by the law is applic 
by the criminal tribunal. 
239. The juries vote only by se- 
cret ballot. . GK + 3 
o¢o. There are in eaclr depart- 
Ment as many juries of accusatior 
as corteCtional tribunals. The pre« 
sident of the correétional tribunale 
are the directors of the juries, eact 
im his distri@, In communes of 
iforé than ¢o,600 souls, there may 
be established by law, besides the 
president of the corre@tional tribu- 
nal, as many dire@tors of juries of 
accusation as the dispatch of trials 
may require. cay 
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