[118] Ibid., Sec. 1.

[119] Acts of 1829, Ch. 74, Secs. 1-2.

[120] Acts of 1829, Ch. 74, Sec. 4.

[121] Acts of 1832, Ch. 34, Sec. 2.

[122] Acts of 1846, Ch. 90, Sec. 3.

[123] Acts of 1842, Ch. 141, Sec. 1.

[124] Jennings v. the State, 3 Head, 519-520 (1859).

[125] M. & C., Sec. 4865.

[126] Jennings v. State, 3 Head, 522 (1859).

[127] Tennessee Gazette and Mero District, Vol. 5, No. 22, July 3, 1805.