WTien  convict        Sect.  23.     When  a  convict  imprisoned  under  sentence  of  a  court  is
'™P."^°°°'^  **     again  sentenced  to  confinement  in  a  prison  other  than  that  in  Avhich  he

again  sen-  .iiiii  ^       i  •  •  •  ^    ^  a

tenced,  warrant  is  then  held,  the  Warrant  for  his  commitment  in  jDursuance  or  the  second


Chap.  174.]     judgment  and  execution  in  criminal  cases.  847

sentence  shall  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  warden  or  keeper  of  the  to  be  served  by
prison  in  which  the  convict  is  held,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  ^eid'^'^  ^^*"^^
warden  or  keeper,  upon  the  expiration  of  the  first  sentence,  to  commit
the  convict  in  obedience  to  said  warrant.
Sect.  24.     When  a  person  is  convicted  of  a  crime  for  which  sentence  Proceedings  on
of  death  is  awarded  against  him,  the  clerk  of  the  court  shall  as  soon  as  conyiction  ofa
maybe  deliver  to  the  sheriff"  of  the  county  a  certified  copy  of  the  whole  K.^s.'ia^,  §"11!'
record  of  the  conviction  and  sentence,  and  the  sheriff"  shall  forthwith
transmit  the  same  to  the  governor,  and  the  sentence  of  death  shall  not
be  executed  upon  such  convict  until  a  warrant  is  issued  by  the  gov-
ernor, with  advice  of  the  council,  under  the  great  seal,  with  a  copy  of  the
record  thereto  annexed,  commanding  the  sheriff'  to  cause  execution  to
be  done ;  and  the  sheriff"  shall  thereupon  cause  to  be  executed  on  such
convict  the  judgment  and  sentence  of  the  law.
