ART. 72.] CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, ETC.

shall knowingly secrete or harbor such child, or be accessory thereto,
with the intent to deprive such parent or parents, guardian or guar-
dians, or any person who may be in lawful possession of such child,
of the custody, care, and control of such child, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall suffer imprisonment in
the penitentiary for a term not exceeding twenty years, in the dis-
cretion of the court.

KIDNAPPING.

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20. Every person, his counsellors, aiders, or abettors, who shall
be convicted of the crime of kidnapping, and forcibly or fraudulently
carrying, or causing to be carried, out of this State, any person,

1867, c 179.
Kidnapping

with intent to have such person carried out of this State, shall be
sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than
ten years

Punishment.

21. Every person, his counsellors, aiders, or abettors, who shall
be convicted of kidnapping, and forcibly or fraudulently stealing,
taking, or carrying away, any white child under the age of sixteen

Art 30, s 9
1819, c 132
Kidnapping of
children

years, shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than five
years, nor more than twelve years.

ASSAULT, WITH INTENT TO MURDER, RAVISH, OR ROB.

Punishment

22. Every person convicted of the crime of an assault with an
intent to rob, murder, or commit a rape, shall be sentenced to con-
finement in the penitentiary for not less than two years nor more
than ten years.

ATTEMPTING TO POISON.

Art 30, s 10
1809, c 138, s 4.
Assault with
intent to mur-
der, ravish, or
rob
7 Md 135 ,
82 Md 399
3 G &J a
Punishment.

23. Every person, his aiders, advisers, or abettors, who shall be
convicted of the crime of attempting to poison any person, shall be
sentenced to undergo a confinement in the penitentiary for not less
than two nor more than ten years.

ASSAULT AND BATTERY IN BALTIMORE CITY.

Art 30, s 138
1840, c 222
Attempting to
poison
Punishment.

£4. Any person who shall, without any provocation, assault and
beat any person in any of the streets, lanes, alleys, or highways of
the city of Baltimore, or at any place of public resort or amusement,
between the hours of six o'clock in the evening and six o'clock on
the following morning, or who shall counsel, aid, or abet in such

P L L , art. 4,
s 155
1853. c 99
Assault and
battery in
streets, etc.

assault and battery, shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five
dollars, and imprisoned not less than one month; or the judge of
the Criminal Court of Baltimore City, or the judge having jurisdic-
tion of the offence, may, in his discretion, sentence the person con-
victed of such offence to confinement in the penitentiary for a period

Penalty.

not less than sis months nor more than two years.
25. It shall not be necessary to state with more particularity
than is now necessary in proceedings for assaults and batteries, the

Id s 156
1853, c 99
Description of
offence in recog-