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intact in any of such

assist.

Cares

thereby to m

" any other person in committing any indictable offence, shall be guilty of Felony Aud ho : 31 of Ordinance 7 of 1565 enacts, that __ Whosoever shall, being a

any offensive weapon or instrument, rob, or assault "with intent to rob any person, or shall, together with

rob.

armed with.

one or more other person or persons, or assault with intent to rob any person person, and at the time

or shall rob any person,

of or immediately before or immediately

:

after such robbery, shall wound, beat,

strike, or use

to

any

to any person to.

other personal violence Therefore a person

committing Burglary

offence

eveu

or some other serious

"armed, would escape-

if armed,

whipping unless the charge

was reducat

brought under Section

to robbery and brought

if this

31 of Ordinance 7 of 1865, and even could be done, it would, doubmit, be against the intention of the keys, which intended to restrict whipping to cases of robbery with violence.

Muider

Under the present system whipping

can be inflicted

fori-

on a male over 16.

byear, only

of reuber

(a) Robbery with violence (b) Attempt to choke, suffocate

insensible any person with intent to Commit, or cuable another person to

commit a crime,

Whereas the Ordinance which I

submit would make

(a) Petty theft-

(6) returning from banishment (c) committing acry

Crince

being armed, beating, wounding or using personal violence to any one immediately before

or

after committing any (d) Robbery by mo

(e) Attempting

drangle

crime.

than two in number

to choke, suffocate,

Op

or render insensible or incapable

of resistance any person with intent to

commit a crime or to enable another

person to commit a crime — punishable

by whipping

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