imprisonment in the State Prison for life or any term of years. Imprisoning a person without lawful authority, or forcibly carrying such person out of the State, subjects the offender to imprisonment in the State Prison for a term not exceeding ten years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars. The law against seduction, rape, and kindred crimes, is justly very severe, the penalty being imprisonment in the State Prison. To entice a girl under the age of sixteen years, away from father, mother, guardian, or other person having legal charge of her, for lustful or other base purposes, or for marriage, subjects the offender to imprisonment in the State Prison not exceeding three years, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars. What What What is Questions.—To what have persons accused of crime, a right ? is the effect of an acquittal? What is treason against the State? is the penalty? Define murder, and state the penalty therefor. murder in the second degree? The penalty? What is said of dueling? Of challenges to fight duels? To what parties does the law against dueling apply? What is manslaughter? The punishment therefor ? What is maiming? What is the penalty therefor? What is said of robbery ? Of malicious threats? What is the penalty for compelling a woman to marry against her will? What is the penalty for unlawfully imprisoning or carrying a person out of the State? CHAPTER LII. OF CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, CONTINUED-ATTEMPTS TO POISON-TAKING OR ENTICING CHILDREN AWAY FROM PARENTS OR OTHERS-ABANDONMENT CARELESS USE OF FIRE-ARMS. OF CHILDREN Mingling poison with food, drink or medicines; to take or to entice away any child under the age of twelve years, with intent to detain or conceal such child from its parent, guardian, or other person having the lawful charge of such child, are crimes punishable by imprisonment in the State Prison not more than ten years, or by imprisonment in the County Jail not more than one year, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars. Any person having a child under six years of age in charge, who shall expose such child in any street, field, town, or other place, with intent to abandon it, he or she shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Prison not more than ten years. Pointing a gun at another, intentionally, but without malice, subjects the offender to a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars. If in such case the gun be discharged, without injury, the offender is liable to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the County Jail not to exceed one year, or both, at the discretion of the Court. If death ensue from such discharge, the offence is deemed manslaughter. The statute makes provision for the punishment of persons who attempt to commit crime, even though they may fail to accomplish their purpose; and such punishment is graded according to the gravity of the crime attempted. Questions. What is said with reference to mingling poison with food, drink, or medicine? Of enticing children away from parents or guardians? Of the careless use of fire-arms? Is there any punishment prescribed for attempting to commit crime? CHAPTER LIII. OF OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY-BURNING BUILDINGS AND OTHER PROPERTY-HOUSE-BREAKING, &C.- LARCENY RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS-EMBEZZLEMENT. Maliciously burning a dwelling-house of another in the night-time, if any person be lawfully within such house at the time, subjects the offender to imprisonment in the State Prison for life. If no person be in such house, or if the dwelling be burned in the day-time, the punishment is imprisonment for any term of years, to be fixed by the Court. Maliciously burning in the night-time, any meeting-house, church, court-house, college, academy, jail, railroad depot, or other public building erected for public use; or any banking-house, warehouse, store, manufactory, or mill of another, being, with the property therein contained, of the value of one thousand dollars, subjects the offender to imprisonment in the State Prison for any term of years. If the burning be in the day-time, the imprisonment cannot exceed ten years. It is unlawful to burn any bridge, lock, dam, or flume, or any ship, boat, or vessel of another, or to burn any wood, lumber, fences, grain, or other vegitable product of another, or to burn any property to defraud insurance companies; and in all such cases appropriate penalties are attached to a violation of the law. Breaking and entering a dwelling-house in the night. time, with the intent to commit any felony or larceny, is an offence, punishable by imprisonment in the State Prison not more than twenty years. If the burglar is armed and assaults a person being lawfully in such house, it is deemed an aggravation of the offense. The breaking and entering of any dwelling-house, shop, store, railroad depot, warehouse, ship, boat, vessel, mill, school-house, or factory, with the intent to commit a felony or larceny, is deemed a State Prison offense, and when committed in the night-time the act is deemed more heinous. Stealing from a dwelling or other building, or at a fire, or from the person of another, are deemed aggravated cases of larceny, and are punishable by imprisonment in the State Prison. Other cases of larceny, unless the value of the property stolen exceeds twenty-five dollars, are punishable by imprisonment in the county jail, or by fine; the penalty for a second, or any subsequent offense, being more severe. The buying, receiving, or concealment, of stolen property, knowing it to have been stolen, subjects the offender to imprisonment in the State Prison not more than five years, or by fine, not exceeding five hundred dollars, and imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year. Persons, who, by virtue of their employment, come into possession of personal property, and appropriate it to their own use, are guilty of embezzlement, and may be punished by imprisonment in the State Prison, or by fine and imprisonment in the county jail. Questions.-What is said of the burning of dwelling-houses in the night time? Of other buildings? Of the burning of bridges, locks, &c.? What is said of breaking into and entering a dwelling-house in the night time? Of breaking into other buildings? Mention certain aggravated cases of larceny. What is said of buying, receiving, or concealing stolen property? Of embezzlement ? CHAPTER LIV. OF CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS.-FALSE REPRESENTATIONS AND PRETENSES.-DESTRUCTION AND FITTING OUT OF VES- Every person who shall falsely personate another, and thereby receive property with the intent to convert it to his own use, is guilty of larceny. Obtaining property under false pretenses, or tokens, is an offense punishable by imprisonment in the State Prison not exceeding ten years, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year. The willful destruction of vessels, with intent to injure another, is punishable by imprisonment in the State Prison not more than fifteen years. Fitting out vessels, with intent that they shall be destroyed, or to defraud the owner, or insurer; making a false invoice of cargo, with like intention; making, or procuring a false protest, with intent to injure or defraud any insurer, are deemed offenses, punishable by imprisonment in the State Prison, or by fine and imprisonment in the county jail. |