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PERSON, offences against the-continued.

MALICIOUS INJURIES-continued.

amounting to felony- continued.

shooting, 230

shooting at Her Majesty's vessels, 231

shooting customs officers, 231

inland revenue officers, 231

choking, &c., 232

drugging, 232

exploding, &c., 233

endangering persons on railways, 235

preventing escape from wrecks, 236

exploding buildings and ships with intent to injure person, 233
administering poison endangering life, 232

not amounting to felony,

unlawful wounding, 230

poisoning with intent to injure, 233.

neglecting to provide necessaries, 238

setting spring-guns, &c., 234

endangering safety of person on railway, 236

furious driving, 236

leaving ice holes, &c., unguarded, 237
injury by negligence, 239

MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER, definitions of, 216
Malice, 216

intention to cause death, 216

death probable consequence of act, 216
intention to commit felony, 217

intention to oppose officer, 217

notice of officer, 217
"officer" defined, 217

notice, how given, 217

Provocation, 219

what amounts to, 220, 221

when it does not extenuate, 222

to third person, 223

Suicide, 224

abetting suicide, 224

no manslaughter, 224

accessories before the fact in manslaughter, 224

presumption that killing is murder, 225

punishment of murder, 225

of manslaughter, 225

Attempts to commit murder, 226

accessories after the fact to murder, 227

Threats and conspiracies to commit murder, 227

PERSON, offences against the-continued.
MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER-continued.
Concealing birth of children, 228

RAPE,

definition of, 248

by husband, 249

by boy under fourteen, 249

consent, 249

punishment, 250

carnal knowledge, 248
of girls under ten, 250

between ten and twelve, 251

attempt to carnally know girl under twelve years, 251

PERSON,

stealing from, 334

PERSONATION,

at elections, 129

at civil service examinations, 435

at militia parades, 435

of owner of scrip, 395

of agent of author to register copyright, 435

to obtain deposit in savings bank, 436

of notary in Quebec, 436

PETROLEUM,

altering inspection of, 419

PICTURES,

damaging, 473

PIGEONS,

stealing, 328.

killing, 328.

PILLORY,

punishment of, abolished, 22

PIRACY, 101: See PUBLIC ORDER (External).

PLACE,

definition, 3

PLANTS,

stealing, 332

POISON,

administering, 226, 232, 233: See PERSON (Murder, Malicious Injuries).

miscarriage by, 251

POLICE,

assaults on, 243: See PERSON (Assault).

resisting, 245

POLL BOOKS,

stealing, 327

maliciously destroying, &c., 474

POOL SELLING, 179

POSSESSION, 278: See LARCENY.

POST-LETTERS,

stealing, 324

receiving, 325: See LARCENY.

frauds in respect to, 350

injuries to mailable matter, 466

POST OFFICE,

stealing post-letters, &c., 324: See LARCENY.

mailable matter, 326

key, 326

frauds by postmaster, 351

forging money orders, etc., 418

counterfeiting keys, 418

posting immoral books, 165

POWERS OF ATTORNEY,

misappropriation under, 374

PRAYER-BOOK,
depraving, 157

clergy refusing to use, 158
PRESUMPTION

as to intent in sedition, 93

PRETENDED TITLES, 138 note (2)
PREVENTION OF CRIME, 192

PREVIOUS CONVICTION,

punishment after, 26, 27

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND,

application of criminal law of England to, 12

PRINCIPAL, 42: See ACCESSORY.

PRISON BREACH; 143: See PUBLIC AUTHORITY (Escape).

PRISONERS,

unlawful discharge, 145

PRISONERS OF WAR,

assisting escape of, 144

PRIVILEGE,

in libel, 268

PRIVILEGE OF AMBASSADORS: See PUBLIC ORDER (External).

PRIZE FIGHT,

definition, 66

challenging, 66

engaging in, 67

PROCLAMATION,

in case of riot, 71

falsely purporting to be printed by Queen's Printer, 407
PROCURING ABORTION, 251

PROMISSORY NOTES, forging, 400

PROPERTY,

definition, 3, 6

nuisance to, 183

offences against, 276

See BURGLARY, 316-319
COINS, 437-447

EMBEZZLEMENT, 305-311, 337

FALSE PRETENCES, 341-371

FORGERY, 384-421

FRAUDS, 372-379

LARCENY, 277-340

MALICIOUS INJURIES, 449-476

RECEIVING 380-382

ROBBERY, 313

TRADE, 480-494

PROSTITUTE, 188

Indian, 169

PROVOCATION, 219: See PERSON (Murder).
PUBLIC AUTHORITY, offences against.
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION, 117

judicial corruption, 117

official corruption, 117

corruption in government contracts, 118
and in government business, 119

consequences of conviction, 119

corruption by revenue officers, 120

by customs officers, 122

corrupt practices in municipal affairs, 123
embracery, 124

of voters, 125

undue influences, 126

definition of treating, 127

punishment of bribery at elections, 127

personation at elections, 129

forging of ballot papers, 130

ESCAPE, 141

permitting voluntary, 141.

negligent, 141

Rescue, 142

definition, 142
quality of offence.

felonious, 142
of murderers, 143
prisoners of war, 144
punishment, 144.

PUBLIC AUTHORITY-continued.

ESCAPE-continued.

unlawful discharge, 145

Prison-breach, 143

escaping from penitentiary, 145
keepers allowing escape, 146
escaping from reformatory. 146
punishment, 147

being at large after sentence, 147.

MISLEADING JUSTICE,

Perjury, 133

definition of, 133

subornation of, 135

punishment of, 135

false swearing, 136

false statements in affidavits, 136

making false affidavits out of province, 137

unlawfully administering oaths, 138

Maintenance 138

Conspiracy to defeat justice, 139

dissuading witnessess, 139

signing false certificate of execution of death sentence, 139

MISPRISION of treason, 148

of felony, 148

agreement not to prosecute, 149

compounding penal actions, 150

taking reward for recovering stolen property, 150.

advertising such reward, 151

OFFENCES BY OFFICERS,

"public officer" defined, 109

extortion and oppression by public officers, 110

frauds and breaches of trust by officers, 111

neglect of duty, 112.

misconduct in execution of writs, 113

refusal to serve an office, 114

disobedience to lawful orders, 115

to statutes, 115

to orders, 116

SALE OF OFFICES, 131

definition of office, 131

making interest for offices, 132

PUBLIC BENEFIT,

publication of libel for, 267

PUBLIC MEETING,

coming armed within two miles of, 81

lying in wait for persons returning from, 81

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