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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 88.

AN ACT to repeal section one hundred and sixty-five of

article twenty-seven of the Code of Public General Laws,

entitled "Crimes and Punishments," and re-enact the

same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That section one hundred and sixty -five of

article twenty-seven of the Code of Public General Laws,

entitled "Crimes and Punishments," be and the same is

hereby repealed and re-enacted as follows :

165. And "be it enacted, That any person or persons, 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 wil-

Entering

fully take and carry away any horse, mare, colt, gelding,

premises
and doing

mule, ass, sheep, hog, ox or cow, or any carriage, wagon,

injury

buggy, cart, or any other vehicle or property whatsoever,

or take and carry away out of the custody or use of any per-

son or persons, 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 misdeamanor, 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,

Penalty

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 appropriating or converting the same. Provided

Proviso

that nothing contained in this act shall apply to cases

pending, nor to violations of the law which have heretofore

occurred, but all such cases and violations shall be prose-

cuted as if the law hereby repealed was still in force.

Approved March 10th, 1892.