196 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

tory, bill of exchange, promissory note for the payment of money,
bank note, paper bill of credit, certificate granted by or under
the authority of this State or the United States, or any of them,
knowing the same to be stolen, shall restore such money, goods
or chattels or things taken and received to the owner thereof, or
make restitution to the value of the whole, or such part as shall
not be restored and shall undergo a confinement in the peniten-
tiary for not less than eighteen months and not more than ten
(10) years, and such receiver may be prosecuted and punished,
although the principal offenders shall not have been convicted;
provided, however, that in all cases where the stolen money,
goods or chattels or things received shall amount to less than
fifty dollars in value, the judge passing sentence shall have dis-
cretionary power to sentence the said person so found guilty to
imprisonment in jail or in the house of correction, instead of the
penitentiary.

Threats and Threatening Letters.

1896, ch. 396.

257 A. Every person who shall knowingly send or deliver, or
shall make, and for the purpose of being delivered or sent, shall
part with the possession of any letter or writing with or without
a name subscribed thereto, or signed with a fictitious name, or
with any letter, mark or other designation, threatening therein
to accuse any person of any crime of an indictable nature under
the laws of this State, or of anything, which, if true, would bring
such person into contempt or disrepute, or to do any injury to
the person or property of anyone, with a view or intent to extort
or gain any money, goods or chattels or other valuable thing,
shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof, shall be
punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than
two nor more than ten years.

Ibid.

257 B. Every person who shall verbally threaten to accuse any
person of any crime of an indictable nature under the laws of
this State, or of anything which, if true, would bring such per-
son into contempt or disrepute, or to do any injury to the person
or property of any one, with a view to extort or gain any money,