PUBLIC GENERAL LAW.

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the attorney-general or his deputy, in cases of extraordinary dura-

tion and trouble — 1835, ch. 200, sec. 4, ... .

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See Baltimore City Court.

Any person altering any part of the docket of a chief justice of magis-

trates' court, to be deemed guilty of forgery, &c. — 1835, ch. 201,

sec. 7, ............

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Justices of magistrates' courts to have criminal jurisdiction of all cases

of assault and battery, unless it shall appear that the assault, &c

was committed with intent to kill — 1835, ch. 201, sec. 8,

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Any person who shall by any false pretences, obtain from another any

. chattel, money or valuable security, with intent to defraud or cheat,

to be punished in the discretion of the court by fine and imprison-

ment, or by confinement in the penitentiary — not less than two nor

more than ten years — 1835, ch. 319, sec. 1 ....

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Provided, upon the trial of any person indicted for such misdemeanor

if the offence prove to be larceny or robbery in law, he shall not

be acquitted — 1835, ch. 319, sec. 1, ......

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But any person found guilty of such misdemeanor, not to be prose-

cuted for larceny, upon the same facts — 1835, ch. 319, sec. 1,

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Not necessary (o set forth in the indictment, the particular false pre-

tences, but the defendant, upon application to the attorney-general,

or his deputy, shall be entitled to the names of the witnesses and

a statement of the false pretences — 1835, ch. 319, sec. 2,

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A mere promise of future payment, though not intended to be per-

formed, not sufficient to authorize a cqnviction — 1835, ch. 319,

sec. 2, ...........

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Where any person shall hereafter be convicted of ony statutablc felony,

&.c. for the fraudulent obtention, &c. of goods, money, &c. court

may award restitution — 1835, ch. 319, sec. 3, ....

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Provided no bona fide holder shall be obliged to surrender — 1835, ch.

319, sec. 3, ..........

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Any person knowingly to circulate or to assist in circulating, any pic-

torial representation or pamphlet, newspaper, handbill, or other

paper, printed or written, having a tendency to create discontent

among, or stir up to insurrection, the people of colour of this state,

shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a felony, &c. be sen-

tenced to the penitentiary for not less than ten, nor more than

twenty years — 1835, ch. 325, sec. 1, . . ....

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Any citizen of this state knowingly to make, print, engrave, or write,

or to aid in so doing, any pictorial representation, Sic. having a ten-

dency to excite discontent, &c. amongst the people of colour of

this state, or either of the other states or territories of the United

Slates, or knowingly to carry or send, or aid in so doing, any such

paper, &c. for circulation amongst the inhabitants of such states or

territories, upon conviction to be deemed guilty of felony, and to be

confined in the penitentiary not less than ten, nor more than twenty

years— 1835, ch. 325, sec. 2, .......

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In limited partnerships, partner guilty of fraud, liable to indictment, and

to be punished by fine and imprisonment — 1836, ch. 97, sec. 14,

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