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which it (hall not be lawful to draw any prefnraption, or con- 

 jeilure, or the leaft circtimftaiice corroborative of proof. 



XXXI. Neither (hall flaves be capable of becoming parties iii 

 any trial, or in any civil matter, whether as pkintiffs or de- 

 fendants ; nor be parties-civil in matters criminal; nor profecutc, 

 in any matter criminal, for reparation of outragea and exceiics that 

 have been committed againft flaves. 



XXXII. Slaves may be profeciited criminally, without its beino- 

 neceflary to make their mafter a party in the caufe, except he be au 

 accomplice. The faid flaves, when accnfed, fhall be brought to 

 trial, in the firft inllance, before the ordinary judges ; and, in 

 cafe of appeal, to the fovereign council, the procels fliall be 

 carried on with the fame formalities as in the cafe of free perfons. 



XXXIII. The flave that ftrikes his mafter, or the wife of his 

 mafler, his miftrefs, or any of their children, lb as to caufe au 

 efFulion of blood ; or that gives them, or any of them, a blow 

 upon the face ; fhall be punifhed with death. 



XXXIV. And, in regard to outrages and ads of violence, com- 

 mitted by flaves againft free perfons ; we will, that they fhall be 

 feverely puniflied ; and even with death, if neceflary. 



XXXV. Certain kinds of theft, as of horfes, mares, mules, 

 oxen, and cows, committed by flaves, or by others who have been 

 made free, fhall be punifhed eifedually ; and even with death, if 

 the cafe require it. 



XXXVI. Slaves, guilty of ftealing fheep, goats, hogs, poultry, 

 fugar-canes, caflada, peas, or other kinds of pulfe, fhall, according 

 to the nature and quality of their crime, be puniflied by the judges; 

 ■who may, if they think fit, order them to be whipped by the com- 

 mon hangman, and branded on the fhoulder with a fleur-de-lis. 



XXXVII. Mafters (hall be adjudged, in cafe of theft, or other 

 damage committed by their flaves, to make good the lofs at their 

 own proper expence ; unlefs they fhould rather chufe to give up the 

 offending flave to the perfon who has fuflained the injury; but on 

 this point the choice mu(t be made within three days, at fartheft, 

 from the time of paffing the fentence ; otherwife they fhall be 

 precluded. 



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