Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 1.djvu/786

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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 ICAPTEB 51. --HOMICIDE Sec. 1111. Murder. 1112. Manslaughter. 1113. Attempt to commit murder or manslaughter. 1114. Protection of officers and employees of the United States. 1115. Misconduct or neglect of ship officers. § 1111. MURDER (a) Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice Murder in first de- aforethought. Every murder perpetrated by poison, lying in wait, ree. or any other kind of willful, deliberate, malicious, and premeditated killing; or committed in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, any arson, rape, burglary, or robbery; or perpetrated from a premedi- tated design unlawfully and maliciously to effect the death of any human being other than him who is killed, is murder in the first degree. Murder in second Any other murder is murder in the second degree. degree. (b) Within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, Whoever is guilty of murder in the first degree, shall suffer death unless the jury qualifies its verdict by adding thereto "without capital punishment", in which event he shall be sentenced to imprisonment for life; Whoever is guilty of murder in the second degree, shall be impris- oned for any term of years or for life. § 1112. MANSLAUGHTER (a) Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice. It is of two kinds: VoIuntary man- Voluntary-Upon a sudden quarrel or heat of passion. sInoluntary man- Involuntary-In the commission of an unlawful act not amounting slaughter. to a felony, or in the commission in an unlawful manner, or without due caution and circumspection, of a lawful act which might produce death. (b) Within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, Whoever is guilty of voluntary manslaughter, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years; Whoever is guilty of involuntary manslaughter, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. § 1113. ATTEMPT TO COMM[IT MURDER OR MANSLAUGHTER Ante, p.689 . Except as provided in section 113 of this title, whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, attempts to commit murder or manslaughter, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. § 1114. PROTE CTXON OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES Whoever kills any judge of the United States, any United States Attorney, any Assistant United States Attorney, or any United States marshal or deputy marshal or person employed to assist such marshal or deputy marshal, any officer or employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice, any post-office inspector, any officer or employee of the secret service or of the Bureau of Nar- cotics, any officer or enlisted man of the Coast Guard, any officer or employee of any United States penal or correctional institution, any officer, employee, agent, or other person in the service of the customs or of the internal revenue, any immigrant inspector or any immigration patrol inspector, any officer or employee of the Department of Agri- culture or of the Department of the Interior designated by the Secre- tary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior to enforce any Act [62 STAT.