[972] Martin, _The Public Acts of the General Assembly of North Carolina_, 1715–1803, i, p. 50. [973] Nevill, _op. cit._, i, p. 19. [974] Allinson, _op. cit._, p. 308. By the terms of the act, the court could, if it thought best, inflict punishment other than death for some of these crimes. [975] Winthrop, _Journal_, in _Original Narratives of Early American History_, i, p. 226. [976] _New England Courant_, June 17, 1723; _Pennsylvania Gazette_, October 12, 1738; _American Weekly Mercury_, August 28, 1729, and August 6, 1730; _New England Weekly Journal_, December 2, 1728. These marks may, in some instances, have been tattooed for decorative purposes. The South Carolina acts of 1712 decreed branding as punishment for specified crimes committed by “slaves.” _The Statutes at Large of South Carolina_, vii, pp. 359–360, 374, 376, 377. [977] Martin, _The Public Acts of the General Assembly of North Carolina_, 1715–1803, i, p. 50. [978] _The Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania_, iii, p. 254. [979] _Ibid._, v, p. 109. [980] Nevill, _op. cit._, i, p. 22. [981] _Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York_, i, p. 92. [982] _Ibid._, i, p. 134. [983] _Ibid._, iii, p. 30. [984] _Ibid._, iv, p. 50. The whipping was to be given, if desired, by the master or owner of the slave. [985] _Ibid._, iii, p. 177. [986] _Ibid._, iv, p. 87. [987] _Ibid._, iv, p. 88. [988] _Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York_, iv, p. 89. [989] _Ibid._, vi, p. 157. [990] _Ibid._, vi, p. 177. The city ordinances were usually continued one year and were then renewed. In this way the ordinances mentioned were in many cases continued into the Revolutionary period. The records of the early eighteenth century show the frequent punishment of “slaves, negroes and Indians” for being out too late at night, collecting in too large groups, noisy reveling and gambling. On such occasion the owner of the slaves was fined. Watson, _Annals and Occurrences of New York City and State_, etc., p 162. [991] _Acts and Laws of Connecticut_, edition of 1750, p. 240. [992] _Ibid._, p. 230. [993] _Acts and Resolves_, i, p. 156. [994] _The Medford Historical Register_, iii, 1900, No. 3, p. 121. The master also was to be fined for his negligence. [995] Livermore, _A History of Block Island from its Discovery_, etc., p. 61. [996] The South Carolina act of 1690 provided various sorts of mutilation for any slave convicted of specified crimes. _The Statutes at Large of South Carolina_, vii, pp. 359–360. [997] Martin, _The Public Acts of the General Assembly of North Carolina_, 1715–1803, i, p. 50. [998] _Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings_, series 2, xiii, p. 252. [999] _Laws of New Hampshire_, edition of 1904, i, p. 117. [1000] Weise, _The History of the City of Albany_, p. 209. [1001] _New York Colonial Manuscripts, Instructions_, etc., 1660, quoted in Baird, _History of Rye_, p. 185.