Show inflicted upon the tha lawle in ancient tho the assembly that con convened lemed at ai chester decembri Decem bei 4 enacted a code of 0 f 1 laws aws that made the people of colony live up to the mark and while many of the severe penalties of the duke of yorks code were bof softened bened yet the unfortunate deemed them hush harsh enough the manor man or woman who used profane ian language was purtis punished hed by fine or imprisonment and more than one person had reason jor for regret for express expressing ng their feelings in public with too much emphasis the severest punishment was wads meted out for licentious conduct A public whipping and one years year imprisonment 2 nt were the penalty for the graver degrees e es of this crime while a second offense was punishable by imprisonment for life this law was amended in 1705 I 1 the first offense being punishable by the infliction of twenty one lashes and imprisonment for one year or a fine of fifty pounds A second conviction subjected the culprit to seven years imprisonment and a letter A was branded on his forehead for cheaL T the b e man that had ahad more than one wife instead of being an object of commiseration was liable to be sent to jail iau for life while the man who broke amice into a house and s stole aie was sent to jail for four months iia had bad to work like a beaver however and ana unless lie he restored fourfold four fold to the party the co court rt sent him up for seven years to give him 11 time for reflection murder was punished with death and the forfeiture of half the estate of the felon theft was punished with urith public whipping and various ten terms as of while restitution had to bo be made from three to four fold the minor regulations prohibited all persons from taking part in stage plays revl revels Is masques and ami kindred worl worldly adly pu pursuits pul L so that any brou trou troupe pe that had bad chanced to drop into pennsylvania i di the ta ra ra boom de ay would v ha have e been sent higher than Gilde roys kite drinking Drinkin of health was punishable by a fine neof of five shillings or div five i days imprisonment p and horse racin racing shooting watches matches and sports of like character were vore interdicted interdict ed if the offenders hap gnp bened to be slaves they were whipped and imprisoned instead of fined |