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132 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. - nvicted of manslaughter or of any assault &§Mmugh t on wi§h;in£i?t?toEl;ilhysh)§iFl>l; zgntenced to sufler imprisdument and lapel-,

 for the first offense for a period not less than tw]0 norhmore than eight

37.¤-2.v-4.r-448- years, and for the second oftense for a period not ess t an six nor more 13 ·]““·· 1865 °· th n fifteen years. 13. Yam, pl 421. , N rigs l Crunch C C 4ll· United States vs. McLaug11liu,1Cra.uch, C.ICTf3§tU:it:d Slfatcedvg Cgaig: 2;`C1ginch, Cé Iénig:d2S)gat.es va. Williams, 2 ‘. . ·U't thesva. nerson . ., . l l. _ Cr.:;<iIn.L (:,438, [Size. l15i. Every person convicted of the crime of mal1c1ously,willig fully, or fraudulently burning any dwellinghouse, or any other house, 37z,,¥,°? ,,’ P Ml;?` barn, or stable adjoining thereto, or any store, barn, or out-house hav- ? `Jnb;. ,18;*2, c- ing goods, tobacco, hay, or grain therein, although the same shall not 55»V·10»l·- 13- be adjoining toany dwelling-house; or of maliciously, willfully, or fraud- .U?‘i“’d S°“°°' ",:' nlently, and with intent to injure or defraud any other person or per-

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thru ora empmgoseon r , j u use the [District, whether the same be finished or in process of emotion, though such house or out-house shall not, nt the time of such burning or setting ou fire, or attempting to set on tire or burn, have any goods, tobacco, hay, or grain therein, nor be adjoining to any dwelling-house, nor be occupied or used fprhany p)mp§sel:]vhnteyerI oboférmznlilcgiusly and willfully burning anyo't epu ic un mgsm e 18 c , ongin to the United States or to the District, or any church, meetinghofinse, or other building for public worship, belonging to any voluntary society or body corporate, or any college, academy, school-house, or library, or any ship or veslsel ailgat or building, gr asl bepng accessory thereto. shall he sentence to sn er imprisonmen an a or or a pe - iod of not less than one nor more than ten years for the iitrlst oiiensei and not less than five nor more than twenty years or` e secou ofiense. Rape. Sec. 1152. Every person convicted of rape, or as being accessory ··§·Ly—;j§ thereto before the fact, shall be sentenced to sutier imprisonment and 37 ,,_ fri; ,,_ .,3gQ labor, for the first offense for a period not less than ten nor more than ' ’ ’ thirty years, and for the second offense for and during the period oi l11s natural life. _ Assault with in- SEO. 1153. Every person convicted of an assault with intent to

  • °“ *‘ *° °°"“'“” commit a rape, shall be sentenced to suffer imprisonment and labor, for

"°°' the first offense for a period not less than one nor more than five years, Ibid., s. 5. and for the second ofiense for a period not less than five nor more than fifteen years. . 1;.,,,,;,,.,, Sec. 1154. Every person convicted of burglary, or as being accessory K? thereto before the fact, or of robbery, or as being accessory thereto U,;,{g,{‘B{,,m ,,,_ before the fact, shall be sentenced to sonar imprisonment and labor, ior Dixon,1Cranch,C. the first oilcnse for a period not less than three nor more than seven Q-, 414; U ¤ i te d years, and for the second offense for a period not less than five nor more

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United States iis. A. Bowen, 4 Cranch, C. C., 604. HTM · {feline. Sec. 1155. Every person convicted ofhorse-stealing, mayhem, higamy, “'“Y °"‘· ‘g‘““Y· or as being accessory to any of said crimes before the fact, shall be seurnm, s, 7, pp, teuced to suffer imprisonment and labor, for the first offense for u 44% {Eh SMH pgriod not less than two nor more than seven years, ang for the second m *’°· o ense for a period not less than five nor more than tw ve years. M ll,lC ·h, cfdygos; Chitled States vc. Toms, 1 Crunch, C. C., 607; United States va. Krouse,2 Crunch, C. C., 252; United States vs. Black, 2 Crunch, C. C., 195. Pvrjnry und sub- Sec. 1156. Every person convicted of perjury, or subornation of per- ELf'“‘°“ °f P"' jury, shall be sentenced to suffer imprisonment and labor, for the first J y' oflense for a period of not less than two nor more than ten years, and ‘*"*Ibid L8 p M9 for the second offense for a period of not less than five nor more than Unitdrl ua: fiftuin years' Thomas, 3 Crunch, C. C., 293.