806
ordinarily kept in confinement.
Subsequent offence.
Persons found in possession of stolen beasts, &c., liable to penalties.
Killing pigeons
Stealing or destroying valuable securities.
ORDINANCE No. 7 of 1865.
Larceny, &c.
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subject of larceny at Common Law in England, or shall wilfully kill any such bird, beast, or animal with intent to steal the same or any part thereof, shall, on conviction thereof before a Police Magistrate, at the discretion of the Magistrate, either be committed to the common gaol, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for any term not exceeding six months, or else shall forfeit and pay, over and above the value of the bird, beast, or other animal, such sum of money, not exceeding one hundred dollars, as to the Magistrate shall seem meet; -and whosoever, having been convicted of any such offence, either against this or any former enactment in force in this Colony, shall afterwards commit any offence in this section before mentioned, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding twelve months, with or without hard labour.
15. If any such bird, or any of the plumage thereof, or any dog, or any such beast, or the skin thereof, or any such animal, or any part thereof, shall be found in the possession or on the premises of any person, a Police Magistrate may restore the same respectively to the owner thereof; and any person in whose possession or on whose premises such bird or the plumage thereof, or such beast or the skin thereof, or such animal or any part thereof, shall be so found, (such person knowing that the bird, beast, or animal has been stolen, or that the plumage is the plumage of a stolen bird, or that the skin is the skin of a stolen beast, or that the part is a part of a stolen animal,) shall, on conviction before a Police Magistrate, be liable, for the first offence to such forfeiture, and for every subsequent offence, to such punishment, as any person convicted of stealing any beast or bird is made liable to by the last preceding section.
16. Whosoever shall unlawfully and wilfully kill, wound, or take any house dove or pigeon under such circumstances as shall not amount to larceny at Common Law in England, shall, on conviction before a Police Magistrate, forfeit and pay, over and above the value of the bird, any sum not exceeding ten dollars.
As to Larceny of written Instruments:-
17. Whosoever shall steal, or shall for any fraudulent purpose destroy, cancel, or obliterate, the whole or any part of any valuable security, other than a document of title to lands, shall be guilty of felony, of the same nature and in the same degree and punishable in the same manner as if
806
ordinarily kept in
confinement.
Subsequent offence.
Persons found in possession of stolen beasts, &c., liable to penalties.
Killing pigeons
Stealing or destroying valuable securities.
ORDINANCE No. 7 or 1865.
Larceny, &c.
I
subject of larceny at Common Law in England, or shall wilfully kill any such bird, beast, or animal with intent to steal the same or any part thereof, shall, on conviction thereof before a Police Magistrate, at the discretion of the Magistrate, either be committed to the common gaol, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for any term not exceeding six months, or else shall forfeit and pay, over and above the value of the bird, beast, or other animal, such sum of money, not exceeding one hundred dollars, as to the Magistrate shall seem meet; -and whosoever, having been convicted of any such offence, either against this or any former enactment in force in this Colony, shall afterwards. commit any offence in this section before mentioned, shall be guilty of a. misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding twelve months, with or without hard labour.
15. If any such bird, or any of the plumage thereof, or any dog, or any such beast, or the skin thereof, or any such animal, or any part thereof, shall be found in the possession or on the premises of any person, a Police Magistrate may restore the same respectively to the owner thereof; and any person in whose possession or on whose premises such bird or the plumage thereof, or such beast or the skin thereof, or such animal or any part thereof, shall be so found, (such person knowing that the bird, beast, or animal has been stolen, or that the plumage is the plumage of a stolen bird, or that the skin is the skin of a stolen beast, or that the part is a part of a stolen animal,) shall, on conviction before a Police Magis- trate, be liable, for the first offence to such forfeiture, and for every sub- sequent offence, to such punishment, as any person convicted of stealing any beast or bird is made liable to by the last preceding section.
16. Whosoever shall unlawfully and wilfully kill, wound, or take- any house dove or pigeon under such circumstances as shall not amount to larceny at Common Law in England, shall, on conviction before a Police Magistrate, forfeit and pay, over and above the value of the bird, any sum not exceeding ten dollars.
As to Larceny of written Instruments:-
17. Whosoever shall steal, or shall for any fraudulent purpose destroy, cancel, or obliterate, the whole or any part of any valuable security, other than a document of title to lands, shall be guilty of felony, of the same nature and in the same degree and punishable in the same manner as if
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