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CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, ETC. [ART. 72.

Art 30, s 98.
1715, c 26 ,
1809, c 188, s 6.
Larceny
23 Md 410 ,
25 Md 146
1 H & J 340,
8 H & J 1,
2 H & G 407,
2 G & J 246 ,
3 G & J 319 ,
7 G & J 290.
Punishment.

LARCENY.

38. Every person convicted of the crime of simple larceny to
the value of five dollars or upwards, or as accessory thereto before
the fact, shall restore the money, goods, or things taken, to the
owner, or shall pay to him the full value thereof, and be sentenced
to the penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than fifteen
years.

1864, c 60.
Larceny in
Baltimore city.

39. Any person convicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of
larceny committed in Baltimore city to an amount under five dollars,
may, in the discretion of the judge of the said court, be sentenced

Punishment.

to hard labor in the jail of Baltimore city for not less than six
months, nor more than two years, instead of the penitentiary.

1867 c 55
Stealing ships,
sloops, etc.

40. Every person who shall be convicted of the crime of steal-
ing any ship, sloop, or other vessel, of seventeen feet keel or up-
wards, out of any place within the body of any county, or on the
Chesapeake bay, within the jurisdiction of the State of Maryland,
and not within the body of any county; or of the crime of coun-
selling, hiring, aiding, or commanding any person to commit either
of said offences, or of the crime of being accessory thereto, shall
restore the vessel to the owner thereof, or pay him the full value

Punishment.

thereof, and also be sentenced to the penitentiary for not more than
twelve years nor less than eighteen months.

1868, c 214.
Petty larceny.

41. If any person shall feloniously steal, take, and carry away
the personal goods of another under the value of five dollars; or if
any person shall break into any shop, storehouse, tobacco-house or
warehouse, although the same be not contiguous to or used with any
mansion-house, and steal any money, goods, or chattels, under the
value of one dollar, the same order and course of trial shall be had
and observed as for other simple larcenies, and being thereof con-
victed, he shall be deemed guilty of petty larceny, and shall restore

Penalty.

the goods and chattels so stolen, or pay the full value thereof to
the owner thereof, and be further sentenced to the penitentiary, or
to the jail of the county in which the offence may have been com-
mitted, or of the city of Baltimore, if the offence be committed in
said city, in the discretion of the court, for not more than eighteen
months

Art 30, s. 101.
1793, c 35, s 1 ,
1797, c 96, B 1 ;
1799, c 75, s 3 ,
1809, c 138, s 6.
Larceny or rob-
bery of bonds,
bills, checks,
etc
2 H & G. 407.

Punishment.

42. Robbery or larceny of any obligation or bond, bill obliga-
tory, or bill of exchange, bank note or notes, promissory note for
the payment of money, check, or order drawn on any bank of this
State, or any other State, paper bill of credit, certificate granted by
or under the authority of this State, or of the United States, or
any of them, or of any last will and testament, or codicil, shall be
punished in the same manner as robbery or larceny of goods and
chattels.

Id s 102
1837, c 361 ,
1849 c 484
Taking corn
from stalk, etc.

43. The taking and carrying away of corn from the stalk, of the
quantity of a peck or more, or the taking and carrying away of wil-
lows from the stump of the weight of five pounds or more, with a