LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1809.

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intention in so doing to maim or disfigure such person, shall be
sentenced to undergo a confinement in the said penitentiary for
a period of time not less than two nor more than ten years, to

be treated as this act directs. 6th. Every person duly convict-
ed of the crime of rape, or as being accessary thereto before the
fact, shall, at the discretion of the court, suffer death by hanging
by the neck, or undergo a confinement in the said penitentiary
for a period of time not less than one year nor more than twenty-
one years, under the same conditions as are herein after pre-

6. Of rape.

scribed. 7th. If any person shall carnally know and abuse any
woman-child under the age of ten years, every such carnal
knowledge shall be deemed felony, and the offender, being con-
victed thereof, shall, at the discretion of the court, suffer death
by hanging by the neck, or undergo a confinement in the peni-
tentiary for a period not less than one year nor more than twen-

7. Of car-
nally know-
ing a wo-
man child
under ten
years of
age.

ty-one years, to be dealt with according to law. 8th. Every
person duly convicted of the crime of sodomy, shall be sentenc-
ed to undergo a similar confinement for a period not less than
one year nor more than ten years, under the same conditions as

8. Of
sodomy.

are herein after directed. 9th. Every person duly convicted of
the crime of an assault, with an intent to rob, murder, or com-
mit a rape, shall be sentenced to undergo a confinement in the
said penitentiary house for a time not less than two nor more than
ten years, under the conditions herein after prescribed. 10th.
Every person, his or her counsellors, aiders or abettors, who
shall be duly convicted of the crime of kidnapping, and forcibly
or fraudulently carrying, or causing to be carried out of this
state, any free person, or any person entitled to freedom at or
after a certain age, period or contingency, or of arresting and
imprisoning any free person, or any person entitled to freedom
at or after a certain age, period or contingency, knowing such
person to be free, or entitled to their freedom, as aforesaid, with
intent to have such person carried out of this state, shall be
sentenced to undergo a confinement i in the said penitentiary
house for a period of time not less than two nor more than ten
years, to be treated as the law directs.
By 1825, ch. 93, no person to be sentenced to be confined in the peniten-
tiary for a less time than two years.
By 1836, ch. 97, convicts to be sentenced to the penitentiary for such
period as will expire between the first day of April and the last day of
August.

9. Of an
assault with
an intent to
rob, murder
or commit
a rape.

10. Of kid-
napping and
forcibly and
fraudulently
carrying
out of the
state, or im-
prisoning
with such
design any
free person
or persons
entitled to
freedom at
a certain
age.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the offences herein after
mentioned, affecting the habitations, houses or vessels, of indi-
viduals, shall be punished in manner following; that is to say,
1st. Every person duly convicted of the crime of arson, or as
being accessary thereto, shall, at the discretion of the court,
suffer death by hanging by the neck, or be sentenced to undergo

III. Punish-
ments of
offences
affecting
houses or
vessels.

1. Of arson.