upon the nature of the offense with which the prisoner is charged, and the manner in which such assistance is rendered. This punishment varies, and may be a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, imprisonment in the County Jail not exceeding one year, and in some cases imprisonment in the State Prison not exceeding seven years.

• Jailors and others, having the lawful custody of prisoners, are liable for voluntarily or negligently, permitting them to escape. If the act is willful, the officer is liable to suffer the like punishment as the person he permits to escape.

Officers required to arrest offenders or to serve any process, are subject to severe penalties and even imprisonment, in some cases, for two years in the County Jail, for refusing to make such arrest or serve such process. Sheriffs, Coroners, and Constables have a right to call upon any person or persons to assist them in the execution of their office, in any criminal case, or in the preservation of the peace, or the arresting of any person for a breach of the peace, or in case of escape of persons arrested upon civil process; and to refuse such assistance, subjects the offender, on conviction, to imprisonment in the County Jail not more than six months, or to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. The same penalty may be incurred by refusing to obey a Justice of the Peace, who may order the arrest of persons guilty of a breach of the peace.

Questions- What is perjury, under the statutes of Michigan? What is the penalty? What is said of procuring, or attempting to procure others to commit perjury? What is the law in relation to bribery? In relation to aiding prisoners to escape? Permitting them to escape? How may officers be punished for refusing to discharge certain duties? What right have certain officers to assistance? What is the penalty for a refusal to render such assistance, or to obey the order of a Justice of the Peace in relation to the arrest of disturbers of the peace!

If any person shall falsely take upon himself to act or officiate in any office or place of authority, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the County Jail not more than one year, or by fine not exceeding four hundred dollars.

Persons having knowledge of the commission of crimes, who, for a consideration, conceal such knowledge, or who attempt to settle and compromise such offense, so as to prevent a prosecution for the same, may be punished therefor the punishment being graded according to the nature of the offense sought to be concealed or compromised, the highest punishment being imprisonment in the State Prison for five years. This, however, does not apply to cases of assault and battery, and other misdemeanors, where the settlement is effected by the injured party, who would have a remedy by a civil action, for damages.

Officers who willfully and corruptly demand and receive for their services more than the law allows, may be punished for such extortion, by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.

Resistance to officers engaged in the discharge of their duties, is an offense, and subjects the offender to imprisonment in the State Prison not to exceed two years, or imprisonment in the County Jail not to exceed one year, or to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

The assembling together of persons to disturb the peace and quiet of the people, or to engage in any unlawful conduct, is an offense. See Chapter 248 of the Compiled Laws of 1871.

Persons who, by threats, intimidations, or otherwise, without authority of law, interfere with and molest mechanics and other laborers in the quiet and peaceable pursuit of their avocations, may be punished by fine of not less than ten dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail not less than one month, nor more than one year, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court.

Questions-What is the penalty for falsely assuming to be an officer? What provision is made to prevent the concealing of crime? What is the law in relation to extortion by officers? In relation to resistance to officers? What is said of riotous assemblies and of efforts to molest mechanics and laborers while at work?

CHAPTER LXX.

OFFENSES AGAINST CHASTITY, MORALITY, AND DECENCY. Severe penalties are prescribed for offenses against chastity and decency. The punishment therefor will be found stated in Chapter 249 of the Compiled Laws of Michigan.

The ill effects of obscene books, or prints, upon the morals of those who allow themselves to read or even look upon them, is so apparent, that in most, if not all the States, heavy penalties have been provided for the punishment of those who distribute, or have in their possession, such books or prints.

In this State it is provided that if any person shall import, print, publish, sell or distribute any book, pamphlet, bal

laa, printed paper, or other things, containing obscene language, or obscene prints, pictures, figures, or descriptions manifestly tending to the corruption of the morals of youth, or shall introduce into any family, school, or place of education, or shall buy, procure, receive, or have in his possession, any such book, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, or other things, either for the purpose of sale, exhibition, loan, or circulation, or with intent to introduce the same into any family, school, or place of education, shall be punished by imprisonment in the County Jail not more than one year, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.

If any person shall willfully blaspheme the holy name of God, by cursing or contumeliously reproaching God, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the County Jail not more than six months, or by fine not exceeding fifty dollars.

If any person who has arrived at the age of discretion shall profanely curse or damn, or swear by the name of God, Jesus Christ, or the Holy Ghost, he shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding five dollars nor less than one dollar.

Disturbing religious, or other meetings, where the citizens are peaceably and lawfully assembled, is an offense punishable by fine or imprisonment in the County Jail.

Provision has been made by law to punish those who, without legal authority, dig up, disinter, or remove the dead body of any human being. The penalty provided, is imprisonment in the State Prison not more than one year, or in the County Jail not more than one year, or a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars.

It is provided that if any person shall willfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone, or other structure or thing placed or designed for a memorial of the dead, or any fence, railing, curb, or other

thing intended for the protection or for the ornament of any tomb, monument, gravestone, or other structure before mentioned, or of any inclosure for the burial of the dead, or shall willfully destroy, mutilate, remove, cut, break, or injure any tree, shrub, or plant, placed or being within any such inclosure, the person so offending shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, nor less than ten dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail not more than one year.

Persons who engage in, or who aid, or encourage any prize-fight, are liable to be punished therefor by imprisonment in the State Prison not exceeding five years nor less than one: year, or by fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.. It is also unlawful to be present at such fight, or to give, or publish notice thereof, or to invite any person to attend such fight, under a penalty of imprisonment in the County Jail or in the Detroit House of Correction not exceeding one year, or a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

Selling unwholesome provisions without notice of their character to the buyer; adulterating food, liquors, drugs, or medicines, are offenses subjecting the offender to a fine or imprisonment in the County Jail.

Persons who sell poisons are required to affix to the vial, box, or parcel containing the same, a label which shall contain. the true name of the article sold, and also the word "Poison." A failure to comply with this provision, subjects the offender to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. Persons selling poisons are also required, under a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, to keep a record of the date of all such sales, the article and the amount thereof, and the person or persons to whom delivered, and their residence.

If any person shall put the carcass of any dead animal, in any place within one mile of the residence of any person,