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(a) steals any bird, beast or other animal ordinarily kept in a state of confinement or for any domestic purpose, not being the subject of larceny at common law in England; or
(b) wilfully kills any such bird, beast, or animal, with intent to steal the same or any part thereof,
shall, on conviction thereof before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 6 months, or to pay, over and above the value of the bird, beast, or other animal, a fine not exceeding 100 dollars.
(2) Every person who, having been convicted of any such offence, either against this or any former enactment, is afterwards guilty of any offence under this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 12 months.
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16.--(1) 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, is found in the possession or on the premises of any person, a Magistrate may restore the same respectively to the owner thereof.
(2) Every 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, is 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 Magistrate, be liable, for the first offence, to such pecuniary penalty, 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 section.
tolen bird
| 24 & 25 Vict. c. 96 s. 22.|
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or pigeon.
17. Every person who unlawfully and wilfully kills, wounds, or takes any house-dove or pigeon under such circumstances as do not amount to larceny at common law in England shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine, over and above the value of the bird, not exceeding 10 dollars.
Larceny of written instruments.
18. Every person who steals, or for any fraudulent purpose destroys, cancels, or obliterates, the whole or any part of any valuable security. [Ib. s. 27.]
* As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, No. 51 of 1911 and No. 21 of 1912.
As amended by No. 30 of 1911.
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(a) steals any bird, beast or other animal ordinarily kept in a state of confinement or for any domestic purpose, not being the subject of larceny at common law in England ; or
(b) wilfully kills any such bird, beast, or animal, with intent to steal the same or any part thereof,
shall, on conviction thereof before a Magistrate, be liable to im- prisonment for any term not exceeding 6 months, or to pay, over and above the value of the bird, beast, or other animal, a fine not exceeding 100 dollars.
(2) Every person who, having been convicted of any such offence, either against this or any former enactment, is afterwards. guilty of any offence under this section shall be guilty of a mis- demeanor, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 12 months.
of person
16.--(1) If any such bird or any of the plumage thercof, or any Punishment dog, or any such beast or the skin thereof, or any such animal or found in any part thereof, is found in the possession or on the premises of possession of any person, a Magistrate may restore the same respectively to the ete. owner thereof.
(2) Every 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, is 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 Magistrate, be liable, for the first offence, to such pecuniary penalty, 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 section.
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or pigeon.
17. Every person who unlawfully and wilfully kills, wounds, or Killing takes any house-dove or pigeon under such circumstances as do house-dove not amount to larceny at common law in England shall, on con- . s. 23.] viction before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine, over and above the-
+ value of the bird, not exceeding 10 dollars.
Larceny of written instruments.
18. Every person who steals, or for any fraudulent purpose Stealing destroys, cancels, or obliterates, the whole or any part of any valuable
* As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1011, No. 51 of 1911
and No. 21 of 1912.
security. [ib. s. 27.]
As amended by No. 30 of 1911.
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