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	791. Inspection of county jails.	compensation; state roads commis-
	792. Board of Mental Hygiene to assist.	sion; allowance for good behavior.
		806-813. Prisoners liable to labor upon
	Penal Institutions — Pensions.	roads; no application to Baltimore
	793-797. Retirement system provided ; con- ditions, etc.	City; powers and authority of Gov- ernor; requests by local authorities;
		guarding prisoners; expenses, com-
	Removal of Insane Convicts.	pensation; attempt to escape; good behavior; per diem.
	798. Procedure when convict becomes in-	814. May accept Federal funds for penal
	sane.	institutions.
	Convict Road Force.	Process Against Corporations in
	799-805. County commissioners or road	Criminal Cases.
	board may employ convicts; con-	815. Summons or notice.
	ditions; guards; attempts to escape;	816. Appearance; trial; execution.

I.

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.
Abduction.

An. Code, 1924, see. 1. 1912, sec. 1. 1904, sec. 1. 1888, sec. 1. 1876, ch. 324,
sec. 1. 1890, ch. 448.

1. Any person who shall, for purposes of prostitution, fornication or
concubinage, forcibly abduct from her home or usual place of abode or from
the custody and control of her parent or parents or guardian any female
under the age of eighteen years, or be accessory thereto, or who shall for said
purpose persuade or entice from her usual place of abode, or from the
custody and control of her parent or parents or guardian, any such female,
or be accessory thereto, or shall knowingly secrete or harbor any such female
so abducted, persuaded or enticed as aforesaid, against the consent of her
parent or parents or guardian, or the person or persons who may have the
temporary care, custody or control of such female, or be accessory thereto,
shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
undergo imprisonment in the penitentiary, in the discretion of the court,
not exceeding the term of eight years; provided, that nothing contained in
this section shall apply to cases pending nor to violations of the law which
have heretofore occurred, but all such cases and violations shall be prose-
cuted as if the law hereby repealed were still in force.

In an indictment under this section, it is competent for traverser to prove the fol-
lowing facts: that prosecutrix went to traverser's house of her own accord and with
out inducement; that she went with consent of her mother, or for. any other purpose
than that of prostitution; that traverser made an effort to get a home for her; that
prosecutrix during the time she was in traverser's house did not have intercourse with
anyone; the character for chastity of the prosecutrix and that she was a "girl of the
town." Fact that traverser was the keeper of a bawdy house was prima facie evidence
that prosecutrix was brought there and permitted to remain for purposes of prostitution.
Brown v. State, 72 Md. 472 (decided June 19, 1890).

The declarations of the mother of children claimed to have been abducted—the
mother accompanying the children and the declarations being made at the time—are
admissible in evidence as res gestae. Robinson v. State, 57 Md. 16.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 2. 1912, sec. 2. 1904, sec. 2. 1888, sec. 2. 1876, ch. 324, sec. 2.

2. Any person who shall without the color of right forcibly abduct,
take or carry away any child under the age of twelve years from the home
or usual place of abode of such child, or from the custody and control of
the parent or parents, or lawful guardian or guardians of such child, or