WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 253
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
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Effective.
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effect from the date of its passage.
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Approved April 10, 1880.
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CHAPTER 164.
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AN ACT to add an additional section to article
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thirty of the Code of Public General Laws, en-
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titled " Crimes and Punishments."
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
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bly of Maryland, That the following section he ad-
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Section add-
ed.
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ded to article thirty of the Code of Public General
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Laws, entitled " Crimes and Punishments.
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SEC. — Any person or persons, their aiders or
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abettors, who shall enter, or being upon the premi-
ses of any other person, body corporate or poli-
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Shall enter
against will.
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tic in this State, and shall against the will and con-
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sent of said person or persons, body corporate or
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politic, or their agents, wilfully take and carry away
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any horse, mare, colt gelding, mule, ass, sheep, hog,
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ox, or cow, or any carriage, wagon, buggy, cart, or
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any other vehicle or property whatsoever, or take
and carry away out of the custody, or use of any
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Carry away.
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person or persons, body corporate or politic, or their
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agents, any of the above enumerated property at
whatsoever place the same be found, shall, upon
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conviction thereof in any of the courts of this State
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having criminal jurisdiction, be adjudged guilty of
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a misdemeanor, and shall restore, the property so
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Shall restore.
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taken and carried away, and be fined not less than
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five nor more than twenty dollars, or be imprisoned
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in the city or county jail not less than one nor more
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than six months, or be both fined and imprisoned
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as aforesaid, in the discretion of the court, although
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it may appear from the evidence that such person
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or persons, their aiders and abettors, took and car-
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Carried away
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ried away the property, or any portion of the same
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enumerated in this section, for their or his present
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