ART. 27.] ABDUCTION. 459>

Abduction.

1876, ch. 324, sec. 1.

1. Any person who shall, for purposes of prostitution, forci-
bly 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 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 conviction, be deemed guilty of a.
misdemeanor, and shall undergo imprisonment in the penitentiary,

in the discretion of the court, not exceeding a term of eight years:

Robinson v. State, 57 Md. 14.

Ibid. 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 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 shall knowingly secrete or harbor such child, or be ac-
cessory thereto, with the intent to deprive such parent or parents,
guardian or guardians, or any person who may be in lawful pos-
session of such child, of the custody, care and control of such
child, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and iipon conviction,
shall suffer imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not ex-
ceeding twenty years, in the discretion of the court.

Robinson v. State, 57 Md. 14.