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406 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27
Larceny—Dogs.
1904, art. 27, sec. 266. 1888, art. 27, sec. 161. 1882, ch. 110.
290. Every person convicted of feloniously taking and carrying
away any dog or bitch, or as accessory thereto before or after the fact
shall be deemed guilty of the crime of larceny, and shall restore the
dog or'bitch to the owner thereof, or shall pay to him the value thereof,
and shall be sentenced to confinement in jail for not more than three
months.
Larceny—Goods, Wares and Merchandise Entrusted
to be Manufactured.
Ibid. sec. 267. 1888, art. 27, sec. 162. 1888, ch. 396. 1894, ch. 503.
291. Any person who shall be entrusted with any goods, wares,
materials or merchandise, or who shall receive or obtain such goods,
materials or other property from the owner thereof for the purpose of
manufacturing, working up or converting the same into garments, wear-
ing apparel or other articles of merchandise, or of altering the same
or completing the manufacture thereof after the same may have been
returned to the said owner in an unsatisfactory condition, and shall
after receiving the same fraudulently sell, pawn, pledge or in any other
manner dispose of said goods or the product thereof, or convert the
same to his own use, or fail or refuse to deliver the same to the said
owner after an offer on the part of said owner to pay to said person the
full amount due to said person for his services in reference to said
manufacture or alteration, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof before any tribunal of competent jurisdic-
tion shall be fined not more than fifty dollars, or be sentenced to im-
prisonment in the house of correction for not more than six months, or
be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court.
Ibid. sec. 268. 1888, art. 27, sec. 163. 1888, ch. 396.
292. Any person or persons who shall purchase, receive or accept
any such goods, materials or merchandise as are described in the pre-
ceding section, for their own use, or advance money or other property
upon the security thereof, knowing them to be stolen or misappropri-
ated, as set out in the preceding section, shall be deemed guilty of
receiving stolen goods, and shall be punished in the manner provided
for a misdemeanor in this article.
Larceny—Horses.
Ibid. sec. 269. 1888, art. 27, sec. 164. 1860, art. 30, sec. 68. 1744, ch. 20,
sec. 1. 1799, ch. 61, sec. 1. 1809, ch. 13S, sec. 6.
293. Every person convicted of feloniously stealing, taking and
carrying away any horse, mare, gelding, colt, ass or mule, or as an acces-
sory thereto before or after the fact shall restore the horse, mare or
animal stolen, to the owner thereof, or shall pay to him the full value
thereof, and shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than
two nor more than fourteen years.
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