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sons shall be deemed and adjudged to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and as relates to any person who shall steal or take away, or break, destroy, damage, or embezzle, any article not exceeding the value of five shillings as therein mentioned, or shall break, destroy, or damage any waggon, cart, or other carriage as therein mentioned; and an Act passed in the forty-first year of the same reign, intituled “ An Act for the indemnifying 41 G. 3. c. 24. (U. K.) "of Persons injured by the forcible pulling "down and demolishing of Mills, or of Works "thereunto belonging, by Persons unlawfully "and riotously assembled;" and an Act passed in the forty-second year of the same reign, intituled "An Act to extend the Pro- 42 G. 3. c. 67. "visions of an Act made in the Thirteenth "Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, "intituled An Act for repealing so much of "an Act made in the Twenty-third Year of "His late Majesty King George the Second, "as relates to the preventing the stealing or "destroying of Turnips, and for the more "effectually preventing the stealing or de"stroying of Turnips, Potatoes, Cabbages, "Parsnips, Pease, and Carrots,' to certain "other Field Crops, and to Orchards; and "for amending the said Act;" and an Act passed in the same forty-second year, intituled "An Act more effectually to prevent the 42 G. 3. c. 107. "stealing of Deer;" and so much of an Act passed in the forty-third year of the same

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reign, intituled “An Act for the further Pre- 43 G. 3. c. 58. part of "vention of malicious shooting, and attempting to discharge loaded Fire Arms, stabbing, "cutting, wounding, poisoning, and the mali"cious using of Means to procure the Mis

"carriage of Women; and also the malicious "setting fire to Buildings; and also for re"pealing a certain Act made in England in "the Twenty-first Year of the late King "James the First, intituled An Act to pre"❝vent the destroying and murdering of Bas"tard Children;' and also an Act made in "Ireland in the Sixth Year of the Reign of "the late Queen Anne, also intituled An "Act to prevent the destroying and mur

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dering of Bastard Children;' and for "making other Provisions in lieu thereof," as relates to the setting fire to any of the buildings therein enumerated; and the whole of an Act passed in the same forty-third year, 43 G. 3. c. 113. except intituled "An Act for the more effectually "providing for the Punishment of Offences in "wilfully casting away, burning, or destroying

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Ships or Vessels; and for the more con"venient Trial of Accessories in Felonies; "and for extending the Powers of an Act "made in the Thirty-third Year of the Reign "of King Henry the Eighth, as far as relates "to Murders, to Accessories to Murders and "to Manslaughters," except so much thereof as specially relates to accessories before the fact in murder, and to manslaughter; and so much of an Act passed in the forty-fourth year of King George the Third, intituled “ An "Act to render more easy the apprehending "and bringing to Trial Offenders escaping "from one Part of the United Kingdom to "the other, and also from one County to another," as relates to the prosecution and punishment of persons for theft or larceny, and for receiving or having any stolen property, as therein mentioned; and an Act

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passed in the forty-fifth year. of the same reign, intituled " An Act to prevent in Great 45 G. 3. c. 66. "Britain the illegally carrying away Bark; "and for amending Two Acts passed in the "Sixth and Ninth Years of His present Majesty's Reign, for the Preservation of Tim"ber Trees, Underwoods, Roots, Shrubs, "Plants, Hollies, Thorns, and Quicksets ;" and an Act passed in the forty-eighth year of the same reign, intituled "An Act to repeal so 48 G. 3. c. 129. "much of an Act passed in the Eighth Year "of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, intituled "An Act to take away the Benefit of Clergy "from certain Offenders for Felony,' as takes "away the Benefit of Clergy from Persons "stealing privily from the Person of another; "and for more effectually preventing the "Crime of Larceny from the Person;" and an Act passed in the same forty-eighth year, intituled "An Act for the more effectual 48 G. 3. c. 144. "Protection of Oyster Fisheries and the Brood "of Oysters in England;" and an Act passed in the fifty-first year of the same reign, intituled "An Act to repeal so much of an Act 51 G. 3. c. 41. "passed in the Eighteenth Year of the Reign "of King George the Second, intituled An "Act for the more effectually preventing the "stealing of Linen, Fustian, and Cotton "Goods and Wares, in Buildings, Fields, "Grounds, and other Places used for print

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ing, whitening, bleaching, or dyeing the "same,' as takes away the Benefit of Clergy "from Persons stealing Cloth in Places therein "mentioned; and for more effectually pre"venting such Felonies;" and an Act passed in the same fifty-first year, intituled " An Act 51 G. 3. c. 120. "to amend an Act of the Forty-seventh Year

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" of His present Majesty, for more effectually
"preventing the stealing of Deer;" and an
Act passed in the fifty-second year of the
same reign, intituled “An Act for more ef-
"fectually preventing the Embezzlement of
"Securities for Money and other Effects left
"or deposited for safe Custody, or other spe
“cial Purpose, in the Hands of Bankers,
"Merchants, Brokers, Attornies, or other
"Agents;" and an Act passed in the same
year, intituled "An Act for extending the
"Provisions of an Act of the Thirtieth Year
“ of King George the Second, against Per-
"sons obtaining Money by false Pretences, to
"Persons so obtaining Bonds and other Secu
"rities;" and another Act passed in the
same fifty-second year, intituled "An Act for
"the more effectual Punishment of Persons
"destroying the Properties of His Majesty's
Subjects, and enabling the Owners of such
"Properties to recover Damages for the In-
"jury sustained;" and so much of an Act
passed in the fifty-third year of the same reign,
intituled "An Act to repeal a certain Provi-
"sion respecting Persons convicted of Felony
“ without Benefit of Clergy, contained in an
"Act made in the Fifty-second Year of the
Reign of His present Majesty, for the Erec-
"tion of a Penitentiary House for the Con-
"finement of Persons convicted within the
“ City of London and County of Middlesex;
"and for making other Provisions in lieu
"thereof," as relates to the punishment of
larceny; and an Act passed in the fifty-sixth
year of the same reign, intituled "An Act for
the more effectual Punishment of Persons

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riotously destroying or damaging Buildings,

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"Engines, and Machinery used in and about "Collieries and other Mines, Waggonways, Bridges, and other Works used in convey"ing and shipping Coals and other Minerals; "and for enabling the Owners of such Pro"perty to recover Damages for the Injury "sustained;" and so much of an Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of the same reign, intituled "An Act for the more effectually 57 G. 3. c. 19. s. 38. "preventing Seditious Meetings and Assem "blies," as relates to the liability of the inhabitants of the city, town, or hundred, to yield compensation to the party injured, as therein mentioned; and an Act passed in the first year of the reign of his present Majesty,

intituled "An Act for the summary Punish 1 G. 4. c. 56. ment, in certain Cases, of Persons wilfully

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❝or maliciously damaging or committing
"Trespasses on public or private Property;
and the whole of an Act passed in the same
year, intituled "An Act to repeal so much of 1 G. 4. c. 115.
"the several Acts passed in the Thirty-ninth
"Year of the Reign of Elizabeth, the Fourth
"of George the First, the Fifth and Eighth of
"George the Second, as inflicts Capital
"Punishment on certain Offences therein spe-
"cified, and to provide more suitable and
effectual Punishment for such Offences,"
except so much thereof as relates to the of-
fences made capital by the said Act of Queen
Elizabeth; and another Act passed in the
same year of the present reign, intituled " An 1 G. 4. c. 117.
"Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in
"the Tenth and Eleventh Years of King Wil-
"liam the Third, intituled An Act for the
"better apprehending, prosecuting, and
punishing of Felons that commit Burglary,

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