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mill, factory, barn, stable, storehouse, or other out house, or
any stack of grain, hay, straw or fodder, upon conviction
thereof, shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than
eighteen months nor more than ten years.

Assault on Wife.

1888. art. 27, sec. 14. 1882, ch. 120.

15. Any person who shall brutally assault and beat his wife
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon present-
ment and conviction thereof by any court of competent juris-
diction shall be sentenced to be whipped, not exceeding forty
lashes, or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year, or
both, in the discretion of the court.

Foote v. State, 59 Md. 264.

Ibid. sec. 15. 1882, ch. 120.

16. If any court shall order or direct the punishment as
aforesaid by whipping, the same shall be administered by the
sheriff of the county or city of Baltimore where the judgment
shall be rendered; and said sheriff shall administer the same
within the walls of the city or county jail.

Assault with Intent to Murder, Ravish or Rob.

Ibid. sec. 16. 1860, art. 30, sec. 10. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 4, 1904, ch. 76.

17. Every person convicted of the crime of an assault with
intent to rob, murder, commit a rape or have carnal knowledge
of female child under the age of fourteen years, shall be sen-
tenced to confinement in the penitentiary for not less than two
years nor more than ten years. Nothing herein contained
shall be construed to exempt from punishment any person now
under indictment for the perpetration of any of the offenses
hereinbefore named at the time of the passage of this act, to
wit, March 18, 1904, upon conviction thereof in any of the
courts of the State; but all such persons shall be liable upon
conviction to punishment in accordance with the provisions of
law in force prior to the passage hereof.

State v. Dent, 3 G. & J. 8. State v. Sutton, 4 Gill, 497, Manly v. State,
7 Md. 135. State v. Bell, 27 Md. 675. State v. Elborn, 27 Md. 483. Lewis
v. State, 32 Md. 12. Hollohan v. State, 32 Md. 399.

Bawdy Houses and Houses of Ill-Fame.

1892, ch. 522, sec. 16 A.

18. Any person who shall be convicted of the crime of
keeping a bawdy house or house of ill-fame shall be fined a