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Rescuing before imprisonment capital offenders committed,
felony, death.
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[XX. ((a)
)] And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that every person, who shall rescue any person committed by a justice of the peace on a mittimus for treason, felony, or any of the offences herein before mentioned punishable with death, from a constable, or any person legally authorized for that purpose, before the person or persons so committed shall be lodged in gaol, shall, on being convicted and found guilty thereof, suffer death as in cases of felony without benefit of clergy.
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