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Removing land-mark.
No. 1 of 1845.
SUMMARY OFFENCES.
(1) knowingly takes in exchange from any seaman or other person, not being the owner or master of any vessel, anything belonging to any vessel lying in the harbour or waters aforesaid, or any part of the cargo of any such vessel, or any stores or articles in charge of the owner or master of any such vessel; or
(2) For the purpose of protecting or preventing anything whatsoever from being lawfully seized within the Colony or in the harbour or waters thereof, on suspicion of its being stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, or of preventing the same from being produced or made to serve as evidence concerning any felony or misdemeanor committed or supposed to have been committed within the Colony or in the harbour or waters thereof, frames or causes to be framed any bill of parcels containing any false statement in regard to the name or abode of any alleged vendor, the quantity or quality of any such thing, the place whence or the conveyance by which the same was furnished, the price agreed upon or charged for the same, or any other particular, knowing such statement to be false; or fraudulently produces such bill of parcels, knowing the same to have been fraudulently framed;
(3) bores, pierces, breaks, cuts open, or otherwise injures any cask, box, or package containing wine, spirits, or other liquors on board any ship, boat, or vessel, or in or upon any warehouse, wharf, quay, or bank, with intent feloniously to steal or otherwise unlawfully obtain any part of the contents thereof; or unlawfully drinks or wilfully spills or allows to run to waste any part of the contents thereof; or
(4) wilfully causes to be broken, pierced, started, cut, torn, or otherwise injured any cask, chest, bag, or other package containing any goods, while on board of any barge, lighter, or other craft, lying in the harbour or waters aforesaid, or any quay, creek, wharf, or landing-place adjacent to the same, or on the way to or from any warehouse, with intent that the contents of such package or any part thereof may be spilled or dropped from such package.
20. Every person who removes or carries away any stone or stake driven into the ground as a land-mark, or for the purpose of defining or marking the boundaries of any lot or
* As amended by No. 6 of 1918.
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