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Malicious Damage.
[s. 13 cont.] but are satisfied that he is guilty of any offence mentioned in this section, then the jury may find him guilty thereof, and he may be punished accordingly.
Injury to dwelling-house, etc., by tenant.
Injuries to buildings by tenants.
14. Any person who, being possessed of any dwelling-house or other building or part of any dwelling-house or other building, held for any term of years, or other less term, or at will, or held over after the termination of any tenancy, unlawfully and maliciously-
(a) pulls down or demolishes, or begins to pull down or demolish, the same or any part thereof; or
(b) 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 triable summarily, and shall be liable to imprisonment for eighteen months.
Destroying, etc., machine or engine.
Setting fire to field of grass, etc.
Setting fire to heap of corn, etc.
Injuries to machinery, etc.
15. Any 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 seven years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
Injuries by fire to crops, trees, and vegetable productions.
16. Any 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 fourteen years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
17. Any 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-
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