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CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, ETC. [ART. 72.

any period of her pregnancy, or shall knowingly sell, or cause to be
sold, any medicine, or who shall knowingly use or cause to be used

Punishment

any means whatsoever for that purpose, shall be punished by impris-
onment in the penitentiary for not less than three years, or by a
fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dol-
lars, or by both, in the discretion of the court; and, in case of fine
being imposed, one-half thereof shall be paid to the State of Mary-
land, and one half to the school fund of the city or county where
the offence was committed; provided, however, that nothing herein
contained shall be construed so as to prohibit the supervision and
management by a regular practitioner of medicine of all cases of
abortion occurring spontaneously, either as the result of accident,
constitutional debility, or any other natural cause, or the production

Regular practi-
tioners

of abortion by a regular practitioner of medicine, when, after con-
sulting with one or more respectable physicians, he shall be satisfied
that the faetus is dead, or that no other method will secure the
safety of the mother

Id s 3
Duty of judges

1876, c 324
Penalty for ab-
duction of
female under
eighteen years
of agc.

17. It shall be the duty of the judges of the several Circuit
Courts of this State, and of the Criminal Court of Baltimore City,
to give this act in charge of the grand jury of their respective courts
at each term of said courts.

ABDUCTION OF FEMALES AND CHILDREN.

18. Any person or persons who shall, for purposes of prostitution,
forcibly abduct from her home or usual place of abode, or from the cus-
tody and control of her parent or parents, or guardian, any female un-
der the age of eighteen years, or be accessory thereto, or who shall, for
said purposes, 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 con-
viction be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall undergo im-
prisonment in the penitentiary, in the discretion of the court, not
exceeding a term of eight years.

Id s 2
Penalty for ab-
duction of child
under twelve
years of agc.

19. Any person or persons 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 be accessory thereto, or who
shall, without such color of right, and against the consent of the
parent or parents, or lawful guardian or guardians of such child,
persuade or entice from the usual place of abode or house of such
child, or from the custody and control of the parent or parents, or
guardian or guardians of such child, or be accessory thereto, or who