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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1809.

a confinement in the penitentiary house herein after mentioned
for, a period of time not less than five nor more than twenty

2. Of burn-
ing mills,
distilleries,
manufacto-
ries, barns,
&c.

years, under the conditions herein after prescribed. 2d. Every
person, his or her aiders, abettors or counsellors, who shall be
duly convicted of the crime of wilfully burning any mill, dis-
tillery, manufactory, barn, meat-house, tobacco-house, stable,
warehouse, or other out-house, not parcel of any dwelling-house,
being empty or having therein any tobacco, wheat, rye, oats,
Indian corn, barley, flax, hemp, hay, or other country produce,
horse or horses, cattle or goods, wares and merchandise, or of
burning any stack, rick, mow or barrack of hay, fodder, flax,
hemp, tan-bark, wheat or other grain, shall, at the discretion of
the court, suffer death by hanging by the neck, or to be sen-
tenced to undergo a confinement in the said penitentiary house
for a term of time not less than three nor more than twelve

3. Of burn-
ing ships or
other ves-
sels of
seventeen
feet keel
and up-
wards.

years, to be treated as herein after directed. 3d. Every person,
his or her aiders or abettors, who shall be duly convicted of the
crime of wilfully and maliciously burning any ship or other
vessel, of seventeen feet keel or upwards, whether laden or
empty, shall be sentenced to undergo a confinement in the said
penitentiary house for a period of time not less than two nor

4. Of
burglary.

more twelve years, to be treated as herein after described. 4th.
Every person convicted of the crime of burglary, or as accessary
thereto before the fact, shall restore the thing taken to the owner
or owners thereof, or shall pay him, her or them, the full value
thereof, and be sentenced to undergo a similar confinement for
a period not less than three nor more than ten years, under the

5. Of break-
ing dwel-
ling bouses
in day, or
storehouses
&c. in day
or night,
with felo-
nious intent

same conditions as are herein after prescribed. 5th. Every
person, his or her aiders, abettors and counsellors, who shall be
duly convicted of the crime of breaking a dwelling-house in the
day time, with intent to commit murder or felony therein, or of
breaking a store-house, warehouse, or other out-house, in the
day or night, with an intent to commit murder or felony therein,
shall be sentenced to confinement in the said penitentiary house
for a period of time not less than two nor more then ten years,

6. Of break-
ing into &
shop, store-
house, &c.
and stealing
to the
value of a
dollar.

to be dealt with according to law. 6th. Every person duly
convicted of the crime of breaking into any shop, store-house,
tobacco-house or warehouse, although the same be not con-
tiguous to or used with any mansion house, and stealing from
thence any money, goods or chattels, to the value of one dollar,
or upwards, or as being accessary thereto, shall restore the
thing taken to the owner or owners thereof, or shall pay him,
her or them, the full value thereof, and be sentenced to undergo
a similar confinement for a period not less than two nor more
than twelve years, to be treated as herein after directed.

IV. Punish-
ments of
offences

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the offences herein after
mentioned, affecting private property, shall be punished in man-