ART. 27] LARCENY—HORSES. 185

use, or fail or refuse to deliver the same to the said owner after
an offer on the part of said owner to pay to said person the full
amount due to said person for his services in reference to said
manufacture or alteration, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof before any tribunal of com-
petent jurisdiction, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars, or
be sentenced to imprisonment in the house of correction for not
more than six months, or both fined and imprisoned, in the dis-
cretion of the court.

Larceny—Horses.

1892, ch. 88.

165. Any person or persons, their aiders or abettors, who shall
enter, or being upon the premises of any other person, body cor-
porate or politic in the State, shall, against the will and consent
of said person or persons, body corporate or politic, or their
agents, wilfully take and carry away any horse, mare, colt, geld-
ing, mule, ass, sheep, hog, ox or cow, or any carriage, wagon,
buggy, cart, or any other vehicle or property whatsoever, or take
and carry away out of the custody or use of any person or per-
sons, body corporate or politic, or their agents, any of the above
enumerated property at whatsoever place the same may be found,
shall upon conviction thereof in any of the courts of this State
having criminal jurisdiction be adjudged guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and shall restore the property so taken and carried
away, or if unable so to do, shall pay to the owner or owners the
full value thereof, and be fined not less than fifty nor more than
one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county or city jail
or the penitentiary, or the Maryland House of Correction, for not
less than six months nor more than four years, or be both fined
and imprisoned as aforesaid, in the discretion of the court,
although it may appear from the evidence that such person or
persons, their aiders and abettors took and carried away the
property or any portion of the same enumerated in this section,
for their or his present use, and not with the intent of appro-
priating or converting the same; provided, that nothing con-
tained in this section shall apply to cases pending, nor to viola-
tions of the law which have heretofore occurred, but all such
cases and violations shall be prosecuted as if the law hereby
repealed was still in force.