ORDINANCE No. 7 of 1865.
Larceny, &c.
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Killing animals with intent to steal the carcase, &c.
10. Whosoever shall wilfully kill any animal, with intent to steal the carcase, skin, or any part of the animal so killed, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable to the same punishment as if he had been convicted of feloniously stealing the same, provided the offence of stealing the animal so killed would have amounted to felony.
Dog stealing.
11. Whosoever shall steal any dog shall, on conviction thereof before any Police Magistrate, either be committed to the common gaol, there to be imprisoned, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour, for any term not exceeding six months, or shall forfeit and pay, over and above the value of the said dog, such sum of money, not exceeding one hundred dollars, as to the said Magistrate shall seem meet;—and whosoever, having been convicted of any such offence, either against this or any former enactment in force in this Colony, shall afterwards steal any dog, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding eighteen months, with or without hard labour.
12. Whosoever shall unlawfully have in his possession or on his premises any stolen dog, or the skin of any stolen dog, knowing such dog to have been stolen, or such skin to be the skin of a stolen dog, shall, on conviction thereof before a Police Magistrate, be liable to pay such sum of money, not exceeding one hundred dollars, as to such Magistrate shall seem meet;—and whosoever, having been convicted of any such offence, either against this or any former enactment in force in this Colony, shall afterwards be guilty of any such offence as in this section before mentioned, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding eighteen months, with or without hard labour.
Possession of stolen dogs.
Taking money to restore dogs.
13. Whosoever shall corruptly take any money or reward, directly or indirectly, under pretence or upon account of aiding any person to recover any dog which shall have been stolen, or which shall be in the possession of any person not being the owner thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding eighteen months, with or without hard labour.
Stealing birds, beasts or other animals.
14. Whosoever shall steal any bird, beast, or other animal ordinarily kept in a state of confinement or for any domestic purpose, not being the subject of felony under any other section of this Ordinance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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