ART. 27] LARCENV. 407

1904, art. 27, sec. 270. 1888, art. 27, sec. 165. 1S80, ch. 104. 1892, ch. 88.

294. Any person or persons, his or their aiders or abettors, who
shall enter, or being upon the premises of any other person, body cor-
porate or politic in the State, shall, against the will and consent of
said person or persons, body corporate or politic, or their agents, wil-
fully take and carry away any horse, mare, colt, gelding, mule, ass,
sheep, hog, ox or cow, or any carriage, wagon, buggy, cart, or any other
vehicle or property whatsoever, or take and carry away out of the
custody or use of any person or persons, body corporate or politic, or
his or their agents, any of the above enumerated property at whatso-
ever place the same may be found, shall upon conviction thereof in any
of the courts of this State having criminal jurisdiction be adjudged
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall restore the property so taken and
carried away, or, if unable so to do, shall pay to the owner or owners
the full value thereof, and be fined not less than fifty nor more than
one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county or city jail or the
penitentiary, or the house of correction, for not less than six months
nor more than four years, or be both fined and imprisoned as afore-
said, in the discretion of the court, although it may appear from the
evidence that such person or persons, his or their aiders and abettors
took and carried away the property or any portion of the same enu-
merated in this section, for his or their present use, and not with the
intent of appropriating or converting the same.

Larceny—Metallic Checks.

Ibid. sec. 271. 1888, art. 27, sec. 166. 1882, ch. 240, sec. 2.

295. If any person shall steal, take and carry away any metallic
check, card or other devise issued or delivered by any employer in this
State to his employes, having stamped, written or otherwise indicated
thereon any numerals or other characters intended to indicate the sum
or sums which may be due from the said employer to the said em-
ployes, he shall be deemed a felon, and on conviction thereof shall be
punished in the same manner and to the same extent as if he had
been convicted of stealing, taking and carrying away lawful money of
the United States, of the same legal value as the sum or sums which
the said metallic check, card or other device may represent as being
due from the said employer to any employe, whether the same shall have
been issued and delivered to any employe, or only stamped or other-
wise so prepared as to be a representation of value in the hands of the
holders thereof.

Larceny—Pipes, Water or Qas Fixtures.

Ibid. sec. 272. 1888, art. 27, sec. 167. 1865, ch. 13.

296. If any person shall feloniously steal, take and carry away
any pipe, water fixture or gas fixture, or any other article or thing of
value attached to or a part of any store, shop, dwelling-house, tobacco
house or warehouse, whether the same be occupied or not, or if any