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1929 Supplement to the Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland
Volume 376, Page 147   View pdf image (33K)
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CHIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. 147

thereof, be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than two nor more
than twenty years.

1929, ch. 255, sec. 7.

7. Any person who wilfully and maliciously sets fire to or bums or
causes to be burned or who aids, counsels or procures the burning of any
barn, stable, garage or other building, whether the property of himself or
of another, not a parcel of a dwelling house; or any shop, storehouse, ware-
house, factory, mill or other building, whether the property of himself or
of another; or any church, meeting house, court house, work house, school,
jail or other public building or any public bridge; shall upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than one nor more
than ten years.

1929, ch. 255, sec. 8.

8. Any person who wilfully and maliciously sets fire to or burns or
causes to be burned or who aids, counsels or procures the burning of any
barrack, cock, crib, rick or stack of hay, corn, wheat, oats, barley or other
grain or vegetable product of any kind; or any field of standing hay or
grain of any kind; or any pile of coal, wood Or other fuel; or any pile of
planks, boards, posts, rails or other lumber; or any street car, railway car,
ship, boat or other water craft, automobile or other motor vehicle; or any
other personal property not herein specifically named (such property being
of the value of twenty-five dollars and the property of another person),
shall upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less
than one nor more than three years.

1929, ch. 255, sec. 9.

9. Any person who wilfully and with intent to injure or defraud the
insurer sets fire to or burns or causes to be burned or who aids, counsels or
procures the burning of any goods, wares, merchandise or other chattels or
personal property of any kind, whether the property of himself or of an-
other, which shall at the time be insured by any person or corporation
against loss or damage by fire; shall upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years.

1929, ch. 255, sec. 10.

10. Any person who wilfully and maliciously attempts to set fire to or
attempts to burn or to aid, counsel or procure the burning of any of the
buildings or property mentioned in the foregoing sections, or who commits
any act preliminary thereto, or in furtherance thereof, shall upon convic-
tion thereof, be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than one nor more
than two years or fined not to exceed one thousand dollars.

The placing or distributing of any flammable, explosive or combustible
material or substance, or any device in any building or property mentioned
in the foregoing sections in an arrangement or preparation with intent to
eventually wilfully and maliciously set fire to or burn same, or to procure


 

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