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fraudulent or forged signatures, or fraudulently manufacturing or

furnishing paper, &c. or being concerned in the altering or forging

any bank note, or knowingly passing the same, or passing as ge-

nuine a note purporting to be of a bank which does not exist —

confinement, &.c. not less than five nor more than ten years. 10th.

Forging or counterfeiting any deed, will, &c. bond, receipt, &c. with

intention to defraud or assisting therein, or uttering or publishing

as true such deed, &c. — deemed felony, and punished by confine-

ment, &c. not less than five nor more than ten years — 1809, ch.

138, sec. 6, ..........

576

The offences herein after mentioned, affecting the public police, to be

punished in manner following :

1st. Bigamy — confinement, &c. not less than one nor more than nine

years — with exception in cases of absence therein mentioned —

consequences as to property. 2d. Keeping gaming tables, (except

billiard tables) or banks, with permission to bet against them, or

strolling about, and deriving a support chiefly from horse racing or

gaming — confinement, &c. not less than three months nor more

than two years. 3d. Wilful importation by commanders of vessels

from any foreign country of any felon convict or slave, or the

bringing in by any person by land or water, from any foreign coun-

try, any negro or mulatto, with intent to dispose of such negro, &c

as a slave — confinement, &c. not less than one nor more than five

years. 4th. Any person apprehended having on him any picklock

&c. wilh intent to break into any dwelling-house, &c. or any wea-

pon with intent feloniously to assault, or found in and about the

same with intent to steal, to be deemed a rogue and vagabond, and

on conviction sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary not less

than three months nor more than two years. 5th. Any person be

fore condemned to labour as a criminal, escaping and found in this

state, to be deemed a fugitive felon, and on conviction by recon

from another state, to be confined, during the residue of the term

&c. but if demanded by the other state, to be delivered up — 1809

ch. 138, sec. 7, .........

579

The offences hereinafter mentioned, affecting public justice, to be pun

ished in manner following :

1st. Perjury or subornation of perjury — confinement, &c. not less than

five nor more than ten years. 2d. Embezzling, stealing, rasing, &c

any will, patent, deed, &c. record, or parcel thereof, within the

state, whereby any right may be defeated — confinement, &c. not

less than three nor more than seven years. 3d. Forging or coun-

terfeiting, or causing or aiding in counterfeiting, any commission,

patent or pardon, or any warrant, &c. whereby money may be

drawn from the treasury, or being knowingly concerned in print

ing, writing, &.c. such forged warrant with intention to defraud—

confinement, Sec. not less than two nor more than ten years. 4th

Any judge, or other person concerned in the administration of jus-

lice, taking any illegal fee, gift or undue reward, to influence his

behaviour in office, and every person giving money, &c. to any