ART. 27] LARCENY—GOODS—HORSES. 869

1888, art. 27, sec. 163. 1888, ch. 396.

268. Any person or persons who shall purchase, receive or
accept any such goods, materials or merchandise as are described
in the preceding section, for their own use, or advance money or
other property upon the security thereof, knowing them to be
stolen or misappropriated, as set out in the preceding section,
shall be deemed guilty of receiving stolen goods, and shall
be punished in the manner provided for a misdemeanor in this
article.

Larceny—Horses.

Ibid. sec. 164. 1860, art. 30, sec. 68. 1744, ch. 20, sec. 1. 1799, ch 61, sec. 1.
1809, ch. 138, sec. 6.

269. Every person convicted of feloniously stealing, taking
and carrying away any horse, mare, gelding, colt, ass or mule,
or as an accessory thereto before or after the fact shall restore
the horse, mare or animal stolen, to the owner thereof, or shall
pay to him the full value thereof, and shall be sentenced to the
penitentiary for not less than two nor more than fourteen years.

Ibid. sec. 165. 1880, ch 164 1892, ch. 88

270. Any person or persons, his or their aiders or abettors,
who shall enter, or being upon the premises of any other
person, body corporate 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, gelding, 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 persons, body corporate or politic, or his or
their agents, any of the above enumerated property at what-
soever place the same may be found, shall upon conviction
thereof in any of the courts of this State having criminal juris-
diction be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, 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 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, his or their aiders and
abettors took and carried away the property or any portion of
the same enumerated in this section, for his or their present