[64] Fields v. The State of Tennessee, 1 Yerger, 156 (1829). [65] “If a slave commits a criminal offense while in the services of the hirer,” said Judge McKinney, “it would be sufficient cause to discharge him. And if the hirer desires to have him punished for such offense the law has pointed out the mode, and he has the right to pursue it, but he has no right to become himself the avenger of the violated law, much less to depute another person in his stead. And for a battery committed on the slave under such circumstances, the owner may well maintain an action against the wrong-doer, in which the jury would be justified in giving exemplary damages in a proper case.” James v. Carper, 4 Sneed, 404 (1857). [66] Acts of 1813, Ch. 135, Sec. 3. [67] Ibid., Sec. 5. [68] Acts of 1803, Ch. 13, Sec. 11. [69] Ibid., Sec. 3. [70] Acts of 1753, Ch. VI, Sec. 4. [71] Acts of 1779, Ch. 7, Sec. 3. [72] Acts of 1806, Ch. 32, Sec. 5. [73] Ibid., Secs. 6-7. [74] Acts of 1817, Ch. 184, Sec. 3. [75] Acts of 1831, Ch. 103, Sec. 2. [76] Acts of 1858, Ch. 3, Sec. 1. [77] Acts of 1831, Ch. 103, Sec. 10. [78] M. & C., Secs. 2577-2580. [79] Acts of 1856, Ch. 30, Secs. 1-4. [80] M. & C., Sec. 2576. [81] Acts of 1806, Ch. 32, Sec. 8. [82] Acts of 1831, Ch. 103, Sec. 10. [83] M. & C., Sec. 2575. [84] M. & C., Sec. 2576. [85] Tomlinson v. Doerall, 2 Head, 542 (1859). [86] Jones v. Allen, 1 Head, 627 (1858). [87] Jones v. Allen, 1 Head, 636 (1858). [88] M. & C., Secs. 2581-3. [89] Ibid., Sec. 2586. [90] P. G. was an abbreviation for public jail. [91] M. & C, Secs. 2596-8. [92] Acts of 1819, Ch. 35, Sec. 1. [93] Acts of 1825, Ch. 79, Secs. 1-2. [94] Acts of 1831, Ch. 103, Sec. 8. [95] Ibid., Sec. 9. [96] Acts of 1844, Ch. 129, Sec. 1. [97] Acts of 1852, Ch. 117, Sec. 2. [98] Acts of 1786, Ch. 5, Sec. 1. [99] Acts of 1812, Ch. 88, Sec. 1. [100] This oath reads: “I, A. B., do solemnly swear or affirm that I have removed myself and slaves to the State of Tennessee, with the full and sole view of becoming a citizen thereof, and that I have not brought my slave or slaves to this state with any view to the security of the same against any rebellion or apprehension of rebellion. So help me God.” Acts of 1812, Ch. 88, Sec. 2. [101] Acts of 1812, Ch. 88, Sec. 3. [102] Acts of 1815, Ch. 65, Sec. 1. [103] Acts of 1826, Ch. 22, Sec. 2. [104] Acts of 1826, Ch. 22, Sec. 3. [105] Acts of 1855, Ch. 64, Sec. 1. [106] Journal of the Constitutional Convention of 1834, 87-147. [107] Comptroller’s Report to General Assembly, 1859-60, 17. [108] Acts of 1799, Ch. 11, Sec. 2. [109] Acts of 1835, Ch. 58, Sec. 1. [110] Ibid., Sec. 2. [111] Christian Advocate and Journal, Bolivar, July 4, 1831. [112] Quarterly Anti-Slavery Magazine, II, 105-6. [113] Supra, pp. 18-19. [114] Acts of 1799, Ch. 28, Sec. 1. [115] Acts of 1803, Ch. 13, Sec. 4. [116] Acts of 1806, Ch. 32, Sec. 4. [117] Acts of 1813, Ch. 135, Sec. 3. [118] Ibid., Sec. 1.