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Malicious Damage.

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explosive.

c. 97, s. 10.

any gunpowder or other explosive substance, with intent to etc., with destroy or damage any building or any engine, machinery, 24 & 25 Vict. working tools, fixtures, goods, or chattels, shall, whether or not any explosion takes place and whether or not any damage is caused, be guilty of felony and shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years, and, ifa-male -under-the-age-of-sixteen-years, with-or-without--whipping.

Injuries to buildings by rioters, etc.

demolition of

24 & 25 Vict.

12. If any persons, riotously and tumultuously Riotous assembled together to the disturbance of the public peace, church, etc. unlawfully and with force demolish, pull down, or destroy, c. 97, s. 11. or begin to demolish, pull down, or destroy-

(a) any church, chapel, meeting house, or other place

of divine worship; or

(b) any house, stable, coach-house, out-house, ware- house, godown, office, shop, store, mill, storehouse, granary, hovel, shed, or fold, or any building or erection used in farming land or in carrying on any trade or manufacture or any branch thereof; or (c) any building, other than such as are in this section before mentioned, belonging to the King or to the Colony, or devoted or dedicated to public use or ornament, or erected or maintained by public subs- cription or contribution; or

(d) any machinery, whether fixed or movable, prepared for or employed in the business of any manufacture or in any branch thereof,

every such offender shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for life.

13. If any persons, riotously and tumultuously assembled together to the disturbance of the public peace, unlawfully and with force injure or damage any such church, chapel, meeting house, place of divine worship, house, stable, coach-house, out-house, warehouse, godown, office, shop, store,- mill, storehouse, granary, hovel, shed, fold, building, erection, or machinery as is mentioned in section 12, every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years: Provided that if, on the trial of any person for any felony mentioned in section 12, the jury are not satisfied that such person is guilty thereof,

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Riotous building or 24 & 25 Vict.

injury to

machinery.

c. 97, s. 12.