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tioned are, by this act, directed to proceed in the trial of slaves for 
Such offences, proceed to try, and deliver the gaol or workhouse with¬ 
in the said parish or precinct, of all and every slave and slaves who 
shall or may then be in the custody of the marshal or keeper of the / 
workhouse, within each and every parish or precinct as aforesaid, and 
shall forthwith cause a jury, consisting of nine jurors, to be called 
and taken from the pannel returned to the said court of quarter ses¬ 
sions, and shall cause them to be severally sworn, as they shall appear, 
to try all and every such slave and slaves as shall be brought before 
them, charged with any such offences as aforesaid, and a true verdict 
give according to evidence, as in other cases. 
(Jurors to serve under penalty.) 
XLIX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
all and every the jurors who shall be returned to serve as jurois at the 
quarter sessions, to be holden as aforesaid, are hereby requited, under 
the penalty of five pounds, to be and appear at the said slave-court, 
so to be formed and holden as aforesaid, and to serve as jurors thereon 
as they shall respectively be called : Provided also, that nothing in 
this act contained shall hinder or prevent the said justices, upon any 
such trial, where any slave or slaves shall be condemned to die, from 
respiting the execution of such sentence for any term not exceeding 
thirty days, or until the pleasure of the commander in chief shall be 
known, in case proper cause shall appear to them for so doing; and 
that if the jury upon any such trial shall apply to the said justices to 
suspend the execution of any sentence until the pleasure of the com¬ 
mander in chief is known, the said justices shall be obliged to sus¬ 
pend the same for thirty days, except in cases of trial of any slave or 
slaves convicted of actual rebellion; m all which cases the said justi¬ 
ces shall, if they think it expedient, order the sentence passed on such 
slave or slaves to be carried into immediate execution, 
(Three justices to form a court.) 
L. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That not 
less than three justices shall constitute a court for the trial of any 
slave or slaves for any crime or offence that shall subject such slave or 
slaves to suffer death, transportation^ or confinement to hard labour 
as aforesaid j and that, upon all such trials, no peremptory challenges 
