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Encloses copies of three Acts [not in item]; 'An Act to Secure and Detain Such Persons...

Catalogue reference: CO 101/34/20

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CO 101/34/20
Date
1795 Aug 11
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Encloses copies of three Acts [not in item]; 'An Act to Secure and Detain Such Persons as shall be Suspected of Conspiring against His Majesty and His Government within these Islands, and to Provide for the Detention of Persons already Committed notwithstanding any Defect of Form in the Commitment: to Regulate the Proceedings as to Persons hereafter to be Taken for Treason or Suspicion thereof, and for the More Speedy Trial and Punishment of Slaves charged with the said Offences'; 'An Act to Establish a Corps of Loyal Associated Light Cavalry, and a Company of Slaves to be Attached thereto; a Battalion of Loyal Black Rangers; and a Company of Slaves to be Added to the Troop of Light Cavalry already Established by Law'; 'An Act to Attain Certain Persons therein Named of High Treason, unless they Shall Render Themselves and Submit to Justice and Before the First Day of September One Thousand Seven Hunderd and Ninety Five.'

Kenneth Francis Mackenzie, Grenada, Folios139 - 140.

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