MALICIOUS DAMAGE.
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(2) pulls down or severs from the freehold any fixture being fixed in or to such dwelling-house or building or part of such dwelling-house or building,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding eighteen months.
Injuries to machinery, etc.
[cf. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 97, s. 15.]
15. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously cuts, breaks, or destroys, or damages with intent to destroy or to render useless, any machine or engine, whether fixed or movable, used or intended to be used in any manufacture whatsoever, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding seven years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping:
Injuries to crops, trees, and vegetable productions.
16. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously sets fire to any field or piece of crop of grass, rice, grain, or pulse, or of any cultivated vegetable produce, whether standing or cut down, or to any part of any wood, coppice, or plantation of trees, or to any heath, gorse, furze, or fern, wheresoever the same may be growing, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
17. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously sets fire to any heap or stack of corn, rice, grain, pulse, tares, hay, straw, or of any cultivated vegetable produce, or to any heap or stack of coals or wood, or to any other substance used for fuel, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for life, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
18. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously by any overt act attempts to set fire to any such matter or thing as mentioned either in section 16 or section 17, in such circumstances that, if the same were thereby set fire to, the offender would, under either of such sections, be guilty of felony, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to ...
*See No. 10 of 1886, Second Schedule...
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.
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