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10. Every common prostitute; or

11. Every common drunkard, is a vagrant, and is punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. En. February 14, 1872. Am'd. 1891, 130; 1903, 96.

Cal.Rep.Cit. 63, 304; 72, 385; 82, 614; 88, 102; 88, 113; 108, 57.

Jurisdiction of police courts in cases of: Sec. 4426.

See Pol. Code,

$648. Issuing or circulating paper money. Every person who makes, issues, or puts in circulation any bill, check, ticket, certificate, promissory note, or the paper of any bank, to circulate as money, except as authorized by the laws of the United States, for the first offense is guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each and every subsequent offense is guilty of felony. En. February 14, 1872.

See Civ. Code, sec. 356.

§ 649. Officers of fire department issuing false certificates. Every officer of a fire department who willfully issues, or causes to be issued, any certificate of exemption to a person not entitled thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. February 14, 1872.

$650. Sending letters threatening to expose another. Every person who knowingly and willfully sends or delivers to another any letter or writing, whether subscribed or not, threatening to accuse him or another of a crime, or to expose or publish any of his failings or infirmities, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. February 14, 1872.

See ante, sec. 523.

§ 6502. Seriously injuring persons or property, etc., a misdemeanor. A person who willfully and wrongfully commits any act which seriously injures the person or property of another, or which seriously disturbs or endangers the public peace or health, or which openly outrages public de

cency, or who willfully and wrongfully in any manner, verbal or written, uses another's name for accomplishing lewd or licentious purposes, whether such purposes are accomplished or not, or who willfully and wrongfully uses another's name in any manner that will affect, or have a tendency to affect the moral reputation of the person whose name is used, generally, or in the estimation of the person or persons to whom it is so used, or who with intent of accomplishing any lewd or licentious purpose, whether such purpose is accomplished or not, personifies any person other than himself, or who causes or procures any other person or persons to identify him, or to give assurance that he is any other person than himself to aid or assist him to accomplish any lewd or licentious purpose, for which no other punishment is expressly prescribed by this code, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. Stats. 1903, 235.

§ 651. Requiring apprentices to work more than eight hours. Every person having a minor child under his control, either as a ward or an apprentice, who, except in vinicultural or horticultural pursuits, or in domestic or household occupations, requires such child to labor more than eight hours in any one day, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. February 14, 1872.

Cal.Rep.Cit. 63, 304.

§ 652. National Guard; failure to attend parade. Every commissioned officer of the National Guard, who willfully fails to attend any parade or encampment, and every member of the National Guard who neglects or refuses to obey the lawful command of his superior on any day of parade or encampment, or to perform such military duty as may be lawfully required of him, is punishable by a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars. En. February 14, 1872.

Cal.Rep.Cit. 109, 291.

Disobeying orders: Pol. Code, sec. 1930.

Parades and drills: Pol. Code, secs. 2018-2030.

§ 653. Members of National Guard, insubordination of. Every member of the National Guard who, when duly notified, fails to appear at a parade, or who disobeys any lawful order, or who uses disrespectful language towards his superior, or who commits any act of insubordination, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. February 14, 1872.

§ 6532. Appraiser accepting fees not allowed. Any appraiser, appointed by virtue of section one thousand four hundred and forty-four of the Code of Civil Procedure, who shall accept any fees, reward, or compensation other than that provided for by law, from any executor, administrator, trustee, legatee, next of kin or heir of any decedent, or from any other person, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. Stats. 1899, 35.

§ 654. Abuse of school teachers. Every parent, guardian, or other person who upbraids, insults, or abuses any teacher of the public schools, in the presence or hearing of a pupil thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. Stats. 1873-4, 435.

Cal.Rep. Cit. 49, 395.

Abusing teacher in presence of class a misdemeanor: See Pol. Code, sec. 1867.

Disturbing public schools or school meeting a misde meanor: See Pol. Code, sec. 1868.

Attempts to commit crimes, when punishable.
Attempts to commit crimes, how punishable.
Restrictions upon the preceding sections.

§ 654.

§ 655.

§ 656.

§ 657.

§ 658.

§ 659.

§ 660.

§ 661.

§ 662.

Removal from office for neglect of official duty.
Omission to perform duty, when punishable.

TITLE XVI.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Acts made punishable by different provisions of this code.
Acts punishable under foreign law.

Foreign conviction or acquittal.

Contempt, how punishable.

Mitigation of punishment in certain cases.

Aiding in misdemeanor.

Sending letters, when deemed complete.

§ 663.

§ 664. § 665.

§ 666.

§ 667.

§ 668.

§ 669.

§ 670.

§ 671.

§ 672.

§ 673.

§ 674.

Civil death.

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Second offense, how punished after conviction of former offense.

Second offenses, how punished after conviction of attempt to commit a state prison offense. (Repealed.)

Foreign conviction for former offense.

Second term of imprisonment, when to commence.
When term of imprisonment commences, etc.

Imprisonment for life.

Fine may be added to imprisonment.

Civil rights of convict suspended.

Limitations on two preceding sections.

Forfeitures.

Valuation in gold coin.

Coercion or compulsion of persons seeking employment.

§ 679a. Limiting sale of convict-made goods.

§ 680.

Payment of wages to employees in a bar-room.

§ 654. Acts made punishable by different provisions of this code. An act or omission which is made punishable in different ways by different provisions of this code, may be punished under either of such provisions, but in no case can it be punished under more than one; an acquittal or conviction and sentence under either one bars a prosecution for the same act or omission under any other. In the cases specified in sections six hundred and forty-eight, six hundred and sixty-seven, and six hundred and sixty-eight, the punishments therein prescribed

must be substituted for those prescribed for a first offense, if the previous conviction is charged in the indictment and found by the jury. En. February 14, 1872.

Effect of plea of guilty:

See post, sec. 1158.

§ 655. Acts punishable under foreign law. An act or omission declared punishable by this code is not less so because it is also punishable under the laws of another state, government, or country, unless the contrary is expressly declared. En. February 14, 1872.

§ 656. Foreign conviction or acquittal. Whenever on the trial of an accused person it appears that upon a criminal prosecution under the laws of another state, government, or country, founded upon the act or omission in respect to which he is on trial, he has been acquitted or convicted, it is a sufficient defense. En. February 14,

1872.

Foreign conviction or acquittal: See also post, sec. 668.

§ 657. Contempt, how punishable. A criminal act is not the less punishable as a crime because it is also declared to be punishable as a contempt. En. February 14, 1872.

Criminal contempts: See ante, sec. 166.

§ 658. Mitigation of punishment in certain cases. When it appears, at the time of passing sentence upon a person convicted upon indictment, that such person has already paid a fine or suffered an imprisonment for the act of which he stands convicted, under an order adjudging it a contempt, the court authorized to pass sentence may mitigate the punishment to be imposed in its discretion. En. February 14, 1872.

§ 659. Aiding in misdemeanor. Whenever an act is declared a misdemeanor, and no punishment for counseling or aiding in the commission of such act is expressly prescribed by law, every person who counsels or aids

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