Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 31.djvu/1376

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1324 FIFTY-sixrH CONGRESS. sESS. 11. ca. ssa. ian. dwelling, bank, store, warehouse, shop, stable, or other building, or . any apartment or room, whether at the time occupied or not, or an_y steamboat, canal boat, vessel, or other water craft, or railroad ear, or any yard where any lumber, coal, or other oods or chattels are deposited and kept for the purpose of trade, with intent to break and carry away any part thereof or any fixture or other thing attached to or connected with the same, or to commit any criminal offense, shall be imprisoned for not more than fifteen years. pr§3;¥;‘g1:§p§1f;EI?'°‘l Snot 824. UNLAWFU1, ENTRY on rmvacrn 1>RorEar1‘.—Any*·persoii °' who, without lawful authority, shall enter, or attempt to enter, a private dwelling against the will of the lawful occupant thereof, or being therein without lawful authority to remain therein, shall refuse to guit the same on the demand of the lawful occupant thereof, shall be eemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and`on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisonment in the ]ail for not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court. ,,,g,$gj,;$,$g,§},g,g; °“ Sec. 825. DEPREI)ATION on Frxruans rn HOUSES.-\VhO€\'€1‘ shall ' willfully and without color of right enter into any occupied or unoccupied dwelling house or other building, property of another, and shall cut, break, or tear from its place any gas pipe, water ipe, doorbell, or other fixture therein; or whoever shall in such dwelling house or other building willfully and without color of right cut, break, or tear down any wall or art of a wall, or door, with intent to cut, break, or tear from its pijace any pipe or fixture therein, shall be fined not 1'HO1'0 than two hundred dollars, O1' be imprisoned not more than _ two years, or both. Grumiiarcenr- Sec. 826. GRAND LAR(.}EN\’.·—\fl¥rhO8\’€1' shall feloniously take and carry away anything ·of value of the amount or value of thirty-five dollars or upward, including things savoring of the realty, shall suffer imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years. PW l¤*¤€¤Y· Sec. 827. Pmrrr LARCENY.-·V`rl]0B\’G1' shall feloniously take and carry away anything of value of the amount or value of less than thirty-five dollars, including thin s savoring of the realty, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. D€$**Q>‘*¤¤ **°‘°“ Sec. 828. Dmsrnorme sromsu 1’l{OI:‘ERTY.·-·\Vh0€\’€l' shall maliproperty. . . , , , ciously destroy anything of value of the amount or value of thirty-five dollars or upward which shall have been stolen,- knowing the same to have been stolen, shall suffer imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than three years. gO*(§ggf*Vl**¤ S*°l°“ Src. 829. RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS.·—Ally’ person who shall receive or buy anything of value which shall have been stolen or obtained by robbery, knowing the same to be so stolen or so. obtained by robbery, with intent to defraud the owner thereof, if the thing or things received or bought shall be of the value of thirty-five dollars or upward, shall suffer imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than ten years; or if the value of the thing or things so received or bought be less than thirty-five dollars, shall suffer imprisonment for not more than _ two years. · saaiing wm.Sec. 830. STEALING \VILL.—··WVh0€V€1‘, during the life of a testator or after his death, shall, for a fraudulent purpose, take and carry away a will, codicil, or other testamentary instrument, or destroy, mutilate, or secrete the same, whether it relates to personal or real property, shall suffer imprisonment for not more than five years. _ U;{;j;:};¤;g g{gg${,gg‘“ei Sec. 831. STEALING PROPERTY or Disraicr or CoLUMB1A.—\’Vhoever shall embezzle, steal, or purloin any money, property, or writing, the property of the District of Columbia, shall suder imprisonment for not exceeding five years, or be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both. -