776 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

accessory thereto, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and shall undergo imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary, in the discretion of the court, not exceeding the term
of eight years; provided, that nothing contained in this section
shall apply to cases pending nor to violations of the law which
have heretofore occurred, but all such cases and violations shall
be prosecuted as if the law hereby repealed were still in force.
Robinson v. State, 57 Md. 14.

1888, art. 27, sec. 2. 1876, ch. 324, 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 accessory thereto, with the intent to deprive
such parent or parents, guardian or guardians, or any person
who may be in lawful possession of such child, of the custody,
core and control of such child, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction shall suffer imprisonment in the
penitentiary for a term not exceeding twenty years, in the dis-
cretion of the court.
Robinson v. State, 57 Md 14.

Abortion.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1868, ch. 179, sec. 2.

3. Any person who shall knowingly advertise, print, pub-
lish, distribute or circulate, or knowingly cause to be advertised,
printed, published, distributed or circulated, any pamphlet,
printed paper, book, newspaper notice, advertisement or refer-
ence containing words or language giving or conveying any
notice, hint or reference to any person, or to the name of any
person, real or fictitious, from whom, or to any place, house,
shop or office, where any poison, drug, mixture, preparation,
medicine or noxious thing, or any instrument or means what-
ever, for the purpose of producing abortion, can be procured,
or who shall knowingly sell, or cause to be sold any such
poison, drug, mixture, preparation, medicine or noxious thing