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Stealing record or other legal document.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 96, s. 30. No. 5 of 1865.
LARCENY.
any of the felonies mentioned in this section and in section 19, by any evidence whatever, in respect of any act done by him, if he at any time previously to his being charged with such offence has first disclosed such act upon oath in consequence of any compulsory process of any court in any action, suit, or proceeding which has been bona fide instituted by any party aggrieved, or if he has first disclosed the same in any compulsory examination or deposition before any court on the hearing of any matter in bankruptcy.
21.—(1) Every person who-
(a) steals; or
(b) for any fraudulent purpose takes from its place of deposit for the time being or from any person having the lawful custody thereof; or
Stealing metal, glass, wood, etc., fixed to building or land.
(c) unlawfully and maliciously cancels, obliterates, injures, or destroys,
the whole or any part of any record, writ, return, panel, process, interrogatory, deposition, affidavit, rule, order, or warrant of attorney, or of any original document whatsoever of or belonging to any court in this Colony, or relating to any matter begun, depending, or terminated in any such court, or of any bill, petition, answer, interrogatory, deposition, affidavit, order, or decree, or of any original document in anywise relating to the business of any office or employment under His Majesty, and being or remaining in any office appertaining to any court or in any government or public office, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
(2) In any indictment for any such offence it shall not be necessary to allege that the article in respect of which the offence is committed is the property of any person.
Larceny of things attached to or growing on land.
22.-(1) Every person who steals, or rips, cuts, severs, or breaks with intent to steal,
(a) any glass, shingles, or wood-work belonging to any building whatsoever; or
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Stealing record or other legal 'document.
24 & 25 Vict.
c. 96, s. 30.
No. 5 of 1865.
LARCENY.
any of the felonies mentioned in this section and in section 19, by any evidence whatever, in respect of any act done by him, if he at any time previously to his being charged with such offence has first disclosed such act upon oath in con- sequence of any compulsory process of any court in any action, suit, or proceeding which has been bona fide instituted by any party aggrieved, or if he has first disclosed the same in any compulsory examination or deposition before any court on the hearing of any matter in bankruptcy.
21.—(1) Every person who-
(a) steals; or
(b) for any fraudulent purpose takes from its place of de- [ef. No. 3 of posit for the time being or from any person having the 1903.]
lawful custody thereof; or
Stealing metal, glass, wood, etc., fixed to building.or
land.
(c) unlawfully and maliciously cancels, obliterates, injures, or destroys,
the whole or any part of any record, writ, return, panel, process, interrogatory, deposition, affidavit, rule, order, or warrant of attorney, or of any original document whatsoever of or belonging to any court in this Colony, or relating to any matter begun, depending, or terminated in any such court, or of any bill, petition, answer, interrogatory, deposition, affidavit, order, or decree, or of any original document in anywise relating to the business of any office or employment under His Majesty, and being or remaining in any office appertaining to any court or in any government or public office, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to impris- onment for any term not exceeding three years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whip- ping.
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(2) In any indictment for any such offence it shall not be necessary to allege that the article in respect of which the offence is committed is the property of any person.
Larceny of things attached to or growing on land.
22.-(1) Every person who steals, or rips, cuts, severs, or breaks with intent to steal,
(a) any glass, shingles, or wood-work belonging to any building whatsoever; or
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