A PROVINCIAL STATUTE OF LOWER CANADA. Anno Regni quinto Gulielmi IV. HIS EXCELLENCY MATTHEW LORD AYLMER, K. C. B. GOVERNOR IN CHIEF. A T the Provincial Parliament, begun and holden at Quebec, the twentyfirst day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, in the fifth year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord, WILLIAM "the Fourth, by the Grace of GOD, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith ;" Being the first Session of the Fifteenth Provincial Parliament of Lower "Canada." CAP. STATUT PROVINCIAL DU BAS CANADA. Anno Regni quinto Gulielmi IV. SON EXCELLENCE MATTHEW LORD AYLMER, C. C. B. GOUVERNEUR EN CHEF. A U Parlement Provincial, commencé et tenu à Québec, le vingt-unième jour de Février, Anno Domini, mil huit cent trente-cinq, dans la cinquième "année du Règne de Notre Souverain Seigneur, GUILLAUME Quatre, par la "Grâce de Dieu, Roi du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne, et d'Irlande, "Défenseur de la Foi ;" "Etant la première Session du quinzième Parlement Provincial du Bas "Canada." CAP. M136196 Preamble. CAP. I. An ACT to authorise Counsel to address Jurors in behalf of Prisoners in W 18th March, 1835.-Presented for His Majesty's Assent, and reserved for the signi fication of His Majesty's pleasure thereon. 23d February, 1836.-Assented to by His Majesty in His Council. 18th May, 1836.-The Royal Assent signified by the Proclamation of His Excellency the Governor in Chief. HEREAS it is expedient that persons accused of capital crimes be intitled to plead by Counsel:-Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province of Lower Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of Great Britain, intituled, "An "Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Ma. jesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act for making more effectual provision for the "Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America ;" and to make further "provision for the Government of the said Province;" And it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that any Prisoner accused of any Capital Crime, may Counsel may in all cases employ the ministry of any Advocate or Counsel in his defence, which said Advocate or Counsel may address the Jurors on the behalf of the Prisoner, in the same manner as in any other prosecution or accusation for any crime or misdemeanor whatsoever. address Jurors Prisoners in Capital Cases. in behalf of |