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CRIMINAL CODE.

dwelling house, or any out house thereto adjoining, and occupied therewith, or any office, shop, or warehouse, or any ship, steamboat, or vessel, within the body of any county, with intent to commit the crime of murder, rape, robbery, larceny or other felony, shall be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison not more than four years, nor less than six months; and every person who shall make an unsuccessful attempt to commit either of the offenses specified in this or the preceding six sections of this chapter, shall be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison fur a term not exceeding two years, nor less than six months.

Sec. 13. Every person who shall commit the crime of larceny in any dwelling house, office, shop, bank, or warehouse, ship, steamboat, or vessel, or shall break and enter in the night time or day time, any meeting house, church, court house, town house, college, academy, or other public building erected for public use, and steal therein, shall be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison, not more than three years, nor less than one year, or by imprisonment in the county jail rot more than one year, nor less than three months, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

Sec. 14. Every person who shall commit the offense of larceny, by stealing from the person of another, shall be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison, not more than four years, nor less than two years, or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than two years, nor less than three months, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

Sec. 15. Every person who shall commit the crime of larceny, by stealing of the property of another, any money, goods, or chattels, or any bank note, bond, promissory note, bill of exchange, or other bill, order, or certificate, or any book of accounts, for or concerning money or goods due or to become due, or to be delivered, or any deed or writing containing a conveyance of land, or any other valuable contract in force, or any receipt, release, or defeasance, or any writ, process, or public record, if the property stolen shall exceed the value of one hundred dollars, shall be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison, not more than three years, nor less than one year; and if the property stoleo shall not exceed the value of