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estimate, and that may be useful in Jersey, are now
subjoined.
It requires about 13 one-fourteenth cabots of wheat
to make an English quarter.
An English quarter of English wheat, Pounds
contains . . . . . 496
One ot Jersey wheat, contains . . ^
D e f ic ie n c y ................................... 4 3 |
The produce of Jersey wheat from an acre, is about
41 three-fourteenth English bushels.
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ABSTRACT OF LAW S IN JERSEY.
CRIMINAL LAWS.
T he crimes punishable with death, which is inflicted
by hanging, are murder, rape,» arson, robbery on the
highway, and burglary.
When sentence of death is awarded by the court, it
is always carried into immediate execution, unless the
condemned is recommended to the mercy of the king;
in which case the punishment is deferred until the
royal pleasure is received.
Whenever capital punishment is inflicted on a prisoner,
or he is sentenced to the pillory or banishment
for five or more years, his estate, real and personal,
is forfeited to the crown.
Treason is reserved for the cognizance of the king
in council; the court not being competent to pronounce
on the crime, or even to examine witnesses on
the charge.
Forgery is punished by exposition in the pillory.
Manslaughter by fine, imprisonment or banishment,
according to circumstances.