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CHAPTER XI.

FRAUDULENT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY INSURED.

SECTION 548. Burning or destroying property insured...

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549. Presenting false proofs in support of a claim upon policy
of insurance...

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CHAPTER XII.

FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

SECTION 552. "False weight" and "measure" defined.

553. Using false weights or measures..

554. Stamping false weight, measure, or tare on casks or pack

ages..

555. Measure to be given

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FRAUDULENT INSOLVENCIES BY CORPORATIONS, AND OTHER FRAUDS IN

THEIR MANAGEMENT.

SECTION 557. Frauds in subscriptions for stock of corporations..

558. Frauds in procuring organization of corporation, or in-
creasing its capital.....

559. Unauthorized use of names in prospectus, etc
560. Misconduct of directors of stock corporations.
561. Savings-bank officer overdrawing his account.
562. Receiving deposits in insolvent banks.

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563. Frauds in keeping accounts in books of corporations...... 171 564. Officer of corporation publishing false reports of its condi

tion.....

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565. Officer of corporation to permit an inspection of its books. 172 566. Officer of railroad company contracting debt in its behalf

exceeding its available means..

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567. Debt contracted in violation of last section not invalid.... 173
568. Director of a corporation presumed to have knowledge of
its affairs

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569. Director present at meeting, when presumed to have as-
sented to proceedings.

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570. Director absent from meeting, when presumed to have

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579. Erroneous bills of lading or receipts issued in good faith
excepted...

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580. Duplicate receipts must be marked "duplicate".

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SECTION 581. Selling, hypothecating, or pledging property received for

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MALICIOUS INJURIES TO RAILROAD BRIDGES, HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND

TELEGRAPHS.

SECTION 587. Injuries to railroads and railroad bridges..
588. Injuries to highways, private ways, and bridges

589. Injuries to toll-houses and gates....

590. Injuries to milestones and guide-boards
591. Injuring telegraph lines.....

592. Taking water from, or obstructing ditches, etc..

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600. Burning buildings and other property not the subject of

arson....

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601. Using gunpowder, etc., in destroying or injuring any

building...

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602. Malicious injuries to freehold..

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603. Limitation upon the operations of the preceding section... 180 604. Injuries to standing crops, etc.....

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605. Removing, defacing, or altering landmarks..

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606. Destroying or injuring jails....

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607. Destroying or injuring bridges, dams, levees, water

dams, etc.....

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608. Burning or injuring rafts. Setting adrift vessels.

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609. Removing buoys and beacons..

610. Masking or removing signal lights, or exhibiting false

lights....

611. Obstructing navigable streams..

612. Depositing sand, dust, etc., in Humboldt bay..

613. Throwing overboard ballast, or otherwise obstructing the

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navigation of any harbor, etc......

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614. Mooring vessels to buoys..

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615. Injuries to signals, monuments, etc., erected in United

States coast survey..

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SECTION 616. Destroying or tearing down notices, etc., before expiration of time for which they were to remain set up.. ... 184 617. Injuring or destroying written instrument..

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618. Opening or publishing sealed letters..

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619. Disclosing contents of telegraphic message.
620. Altering telegraphic messages..

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621. Opening sealed envelopes containing telegraphic dispatches. 185
622. Injuring works of art or improvements in any city, town,
or village..

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623. Destroying works of literature, etc., in public libraries... 185 624. Breaking or obstructing gas or water pipes, etc....

185 625. Drawing water from works after they have been closed... 185

TITLE XV.

MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES.

CHAPTER I. Violation of the laws for the preservation of game and

fish.......

II. Of other and miscellaneous offenses.

CHAPTER I.

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VIOLATION OF THE LAWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF GAME AND FISH. SECTION 626. Destruction of grouse, duck, etc., when prohibited ...... 186 627. Same......

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628. Destruction of elk, etc., when prohibited.

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629. Having game in possession during the time that killing
thereof is prohibited

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630. Use of phosphorus on land in certain counties prohibited.. 188 631. Taking trout, when prohibited..

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635. Use of poisonous or explosive substances in fishing pro

hibited....

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636. California Indians exempted from certain penalties..
637. Fish-ways and ladders, penalties for not keeping.

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CHAPTER II.

OF OTHER AND MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES.

SECTION 638. Neglect or postponemeut out of regular order of telegraphic messages. Limitations

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639. Agent, operator, or employee using information from

messages

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640. Clandestinely learning the contents of a telegraphic
message....

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641. Bribing telegraphic operator...

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642. Collecting tolls, etc., at San Francisco, without authority

of harbor commissioners...

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SECTION 643. Violations of the provisions of the chapter relating to

police regulations of San Francisco harbor.

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644. Enticing seamen to desert......

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645. Harboring deserting seamen.

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646. Aiding apprentices to run away or harboring them..

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647. Vagrants......

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648. Issuing or circulating paper money

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649. Officers of fire department issuing false certificates of ex-
emption.

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650. Sending letters threatening to expose another..

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651. Requiring wards or apprentices to work more than eight

hours......

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652. Officer or member of national guard failing to attend parade,
obey orders, or discharge duty....

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653. Member of national guard failing to attend parade, etc.,
when notified...

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654. Insulting school teachers

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TITLE XVI.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

SECTION 654. Acts made punishable by different provisions of this code.. 195

655. Acts punishable under foreign law..

656. Foreign conviction or acquittal..

657. Contempts, how punishable.......

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661. Removal from office for violation or neglect of official duty

by public officers.

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662. Omission to perform duty, when punishable.
663. Attempts to commit crimes, when punishable...

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666. Second offense, how punished after conviction of former
offense...

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667. Second offenses, how punished after conviction of attempt

to commit a state-prison offense..

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668. Foreign conviction for former offense...

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669. Second term of imprisonment, when to commence
670. When term of imprisonment commences, etc..

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678. Valuation of property to be estimated in gold coin.

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PART II.

OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS.

SECTION 681. No person punishable but on legal conviction.. 682. Public offenses, how prosecuted..

683. Criminal action defined.

684. Parties to a criminal action...

685. The party prosecuted known as defendant.

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686. Rights of defendant in a criminal action

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687. Second prosecution for the same offense prohibited.

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688. No person to be a witness against himself in a criminal

action, or to be unnecessarily restrained

689. No person to be convicted but upon verdict or judgment.. 204

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IV. Police in cities and towns, and their attendance at exposed

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SECTION 692. Lawful resistance, by whom made........

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693. By the party, in what cases, and to what extent..
694. By other parties, in what cases.

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CHAPTER II.

OF THE INTERVENTION OF THE OFFICERS OF JUSTICE.

SECTION 697. Intervention of officers, in what cases.

698. Persons acting in their aid justified.

CHAPTER III.

SECURITY TO KEEP THE PEACE.

SECTION 701. Information of threatened offense......
702. Examination of complainant and witnesses.
703. Warrant of arrest....

704. Proceedings on charges being controverted..
705. Person complained of, when to be discharged...

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