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be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than eight years nor less than one year, and by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, nor less than one hundred dollars.

Mayhem.

SEC. 6. If any person, with intent to maim or disfigure, cut or maim the tongue, put out or destroy an eye, cut, slit, or tear off an ear, cut, slit, bite, or mutilate the nose or lip, or cut off or disable a limb, or any member of another person, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than five years, and by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, nor less than one hundred dollars.

Robbery.

SEC. 7. If any person, with force or violence or by putting in fear, steal and take from the person of another any property that is the subject of larceny, he is guilty of robbery, and shall be punished according to the aggravation of the offence, as is provided in the following two sections.

Punishment for robbery.

SEC. 8. If such offender, at the time of such robbery, is armed with a dangerous weapon, with intent, if resisted, to kill or maim the person robbed, or, if being so armed, he wound or strike the person robbed, or if he have any confederates, aiding or abetting him in such robbery, present and so armed, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding twenty years, nor less than ten years.

SEC. 9. If such offender commits such robbery otherwise than is mentioned in the preceding section, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years, nor less than two years.

Rape on female child.

SEC. 10. If any person ravish or carnally know any female of the age of ten years or more, by force, and against her will, or carnally know and abuse any female child under the age of ten years, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, or any term of years.

Rape.

SEC. 11. If any person take any woman unlawfully and, against her will, and by force menace, or compel her to marry him or any other person, or to be defiled, he shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years,

SEC. 12. If any person unlawfully have carnal knowledge of any female by administering to her any substances, or by any other means, producing such stupor, or such imbecility of mind, or weakness of body as to prevent effectual resistance, he shall,

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upon conviction, be punished as provided in the section relating to ravishment.

Abducting a female for prostitution.

SEC. 13. If any person take or entice away any unmarried female under the age of fifteen years from her father, mother, guardian, or other person having the legal charge of her person, without their consent, for the purpose of prostitution, he shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than three years, or by fine of not more than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year.

Abducting children.

SEC. 14. If any person, maliciously, forcibly, or fraudulently lead, take, decoy, or entice away any child under the age of twelve years, with the intent to detain or conceal such child from its parent, guardian, or other person having the lawful charge of such child, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than ten years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Seduction.

SEC. 15. If any person seduce and debauch any unmarried woman, of previously chaste character, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than five years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding one year.

SEC. 16. If, before judgment upon an indictment, the defendant marry the woman thus seduced, it is a bar to any further prosecution for the offense.

Kidnapping.

SEC. 17. If any person wilfully and without lawful authority, forcibly or secretly confine or imprison any other person within this Territory against his will, or forcibly carry or send such person out of the Territory, or forcibly seize and confine, or enveigle, or kidnap any other person with the intent to cause such person to be secretly confined or imprisoned in this Territory, against his will, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than five years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

Abandoning child.

SEC. 18. If the father or mother of any child under the age of six years, or any person to whom such child has been entrusted or confided, expose such child in any highway, street, field, house or outshed, or in any other place, with intent wholly to abandon it, he or she, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five years.

Extorting money.

SEC. 19. If any person, either verbally or by any written or printed communication, maliciously threaten to accuse another of a crime or offense, or to do any injury to the person or property of another, with intent thereby to extort any money or pecuniary advantage whatever, or to compel the person so threatened to do any act against his will, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than two years, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

Assault.

SEC. 20. If any person assault another with intent to commit murder, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years.

Assault with intent to commit rape.

SEC. 21. If any person assault a female with intent to commit a rape, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding twenty years.

SEC. 22. If any person assault another with intent to maim, rob, steal, or commit arson or burglary, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

SEC. 23. If any person assault another with intent to inflict a great bodily injury, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

SEC. 24. If any person assault another with intent to commit any felony or crime punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary, where the punishment is not otherwise prescribed, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than five years, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year. Poisoning.

SEC. 25. If any person mingle any poison with any food, drink, or medicine, with intent to kill or injure any human being, or wilfully poison any spring, well, cistern or reservoir of water, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years, and by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.

Punishment for assault.

SEC. 26. Whoever is convicted of an assault, or an assault and battery, when no other punishment is prescribed, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

CHAPTER II.

OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY.

SEC. 27. If any person wilfully and maliciously burn in the night time, the inhabited building or boat of another, or wilfully and maliciously set fire to any other building or boat owned by himself or another, by the burning whereof such inhabited building or boat is burnt in the night time, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, or any term of years. Burning a boat or building in the day time.

SEC. 28. If any person wilfully and maliciously burn, in the day time, the inhabited building or boat of another, or any building or boat adjoining thereto, or wilfully and maliciously set fire to any building or boat owned by himself or another, by the burning whereof such inhabited building or boat is burnt in the day time, or in the day time wilfully and maliciously set fire to any building or boat owned by himself or another, by the burning of which any inhabited building or boat is burnt in the night time, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding thirty years.

Same in the night time.

SEC. 29. If any person wilfully and maliciously burn, in the night time, any uninhabited dwelling house or boat belonging to another, or any court house, jail, college, church or any building erected for public use, or any other building or boat, by the burning whereof any building or boat mentioned in this section is burnt in the night time, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding twenty years.

Punishment for above offence.

SEC. 30. If any person wilfully and maliciously burn, in the day time, any building or boat mentioned in the preceding section, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding fifteen years.

Burning other property.

SEC. 31. If any person wilfully and maliciously burn, either in the night or day time, any warehouse, store, manufactory, railroad depot, barn, stable, shop, office, out house or any building whatsoever, of another, other than is mentioned in the preceding section of this chapter, or any bridge, lock, dam or flume, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years.

Same.

SEC. 32. If any person set fire to any building or boat mentioned in the preceding sections of this chapter, or to any material, with intent to cause any such building or boat to be burnt, he shall

be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year.

Burning wood or lumber.

SEC. 33. If any person wilfully and maliciously burn, or otherwise destroy or injure, any pile or parcel of wood, boards, timber or other lumber, or any fence, bars or gate, or any stack of grain, hay or other vegetable product severed from the soil and not stacked, or any standing trees, grain, grass or other standing product of the soil of another he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than five years, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year.

SEC. 34. The preceding sections of this chapter severally extend to a married woman who commits either of the offences therein described, though the property burnt or set fire to may belong partly or wholly to her husband.

Burning Warehouse to injure insurer.

SEC. 35. If any person wilfully burn any building, goods, wares, merchandise or other chattels, which are insured against loss or damage by fire, or wilfully cause or procure the same to be burned, with intent to injure the insurer, whether such person be the owner of such property or not, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years.

Breaking open dwelling house.

SEC. 36. If any person break and enter any dwelling house in the night time, with intent to commit the crime of murder, rape, robbery, larceny or any other felony, in the night time, any person being then lawfully therein, such offender shall be punished according to the aggravation of the offense, as is provided in the following two sections.

Burglary.

SEC. 37. If such offender, at the time of committing such burglary, is armed with a dangerous weapon, or so arm himself after having entered such dwelling house, or actually assaulting any person being lawfully therein, or having any confederate present, aiding and abetting in such burglary, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, or any term of years. Punishment for burglary.

SEC. 38. If such offender commit such burglary otherwise than is mentioned in the preceding section, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding twenty years.

SEC. 39. If any person, with intent to commit a felony, in the

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