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to value of $25.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 96 s. 82.
Stealing tree, etc., wherever growing to value of 24 cents. П. s. 33.
Stealing live or dead fence, etc. b. s. 34.
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joining or belonging to any dwelling house, shall (in case the value of the article or articles stolen, or the amount of the injury done, exceeds the sum of five dollars) be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be punished as in the case of simple larceny.
(2.) Every person who steals, or cuts, breaks, roots up, or otherwise destroys or damages with intent to steal, the whole or any part of any tree, sapling, or shrub, or any underwood, respectively growing elsewhere than in any of the situations in this section before mentioned, shall (in case the value of the article or articles stolen, or the amount of the injury done, exceeds the sum of twenty-five dollars) be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be punished as in the case of simple larceny.
24. (1.) Every person who steals, or cuts, breaks, roots up, or otherwise destroys or damages with intent to steal, the whole or any part of any tree, sapling, or shrub, or any underwood, wheresoever the same may be respectively growing, the stealing of such article or articles or the injury done being to the amount of twenty-four cents at the least, shall, on conviction thereof before a Police Magistrate, forfeit and pay, over and above the value of the article or articles stolen or the amount of the injury done, such sum of money not exceeding twenty-five dollars as to the Magistrate may seem meet.
(2.) Every person who, having been convicted of any such offence, either against this or any former enactment in force in this Colony, afterwards commits any of the said offences in this section before mentioned, and is convicted thereof in like manner, shall for such second offence be committed to the common gaol, there to be kept to hard labour for such term not exceeding six months as the convicting Magistrate may think fit.
(3.) Every person who, having been twice convicted of any such offence (whether both or either of such convictions have or has taken place before or after the commencement of this Ordinance), afterwards commits any of the offences in this section before mentioned shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be punished as in the case of simple larceny.
25.—(1.) Every person who steals, or cuts, breaks, or throws down with intent to steal, any part of any live or dead fence, or any wooden post, pale, wire, or rail set up or used as a fence, or any stile or gate, or any part thereof respectively, shall, on conviction thereof before a Police Magistrate, forfeit and pay, over and above the value of the article or articles so stolen or the amount of the injury done, such sum of money not exceeding twenty-five dollars as to the Magistrate may seem meet.
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(2.) Every person who, having been convicted of any such offence either against this or any former enactment in force in this Colony, afterwards commits any of the said offences in this section before mentioned, shall be committed to the common gaol, there to be kept to hard labour for a term not exceeding six months.
26. If any person steals or damages with intent to steal any tree, underwood, fence, post, pale, wire, or rail, to the value of twenty-four cents or upwards, and is convicted thereof before a Police Magistrate, being taken in the act or having been previously convicted, the Magistrate may order the offender to be imprisoned, or to forfeit and pay such sum as the Magistrate may think fit, and if found, any person may be arrested.
27.—(1.) Every person who steals or damages with intent to steal any tree, shrub, or plant in any garden, orchard, or green-house, shall, on conviction before a Police Magistrate, be committed to the common gaol, there to be kept to hard labour for a term not exceeding three months, and shall also forfeit and pay such sum as the Magistrate may think fit, over and above the value of the article stolen or the amount of the injury done, not exceeding one hundred dollars.
(2.) Every person who, having been convicted of any such offence either against this or any former enactment in force in this Colony, afterwards commits any of the said offences in this section before mentioned, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be punished as in the case of simple larceny.
28.—(1.) Every person who steals or damages with intent to steal any cattle, beast, or fowl, or any part thereof, in the course of any conveyance, or in any place not being a gazetted market, shall, on conviction before a Police Magistrate, either be imprisoned, or be ordered to pay, not exceeding twenty-five dollars, over and above the value of the article stolen or the amount of the injury done, such sum as the Magistrate may seem meet.