Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-05-24

conviction of the offender, the stolen proper.
ty shall be restored to the owner.
1 Sec. IL. lfany officer, agent, clerk or ser.
want, or person, to whom any money or other
property shall be entrusted for any specific
purpose, shall embezzle or fraudulently con.
vert to his own use or shall take or secreto
with intent TO embeEzle and fraudulently con.
vert to his own use any money or other prod
erty which shall have come into his posses.
sion, or shall be under hisucare or charge by
virtue OF such employment or for such specif.
lc purpose, he shall be deemed guilty of lar.
ceny, and may be tried, sentenced, and pun.
lshed as for any other larceny.
Sec. IL. Whenever any person shall be
convicted Of maliciously placing upon any
railroad, any thing calculated or designed 10
hinder or impede the safe passage of any 10.
comotve engine or car over such rail.
road, or of maliciously doing any other act
matter or thing so calculated or designed
with intent to interrupt or impede tho safe
passage of such locomotive engine or car. he
shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten ycars.
nor less than one year, or to bo fined not cx.
ceeding ten thousand dollars.
CHAPTER FOURTH.
or offences against Public Justice.
Sec. ]. Every person TO whom an oath or
affirmation is or shall be required by law,
who shall be convicted Of wilully swearing
or affirming falsely in regard to any matter
or thing respecting which such cath or affir-
nation is or shall be required, shall be deem
cd guilty of perjury, and shall be imprisoned 1
not exceeding twenty years.
Sec. 2. Every person who shall be conyic-
ted of subornation of perjury, by procuring
another to commit perjury, shall be imprison.
ed not exceeding twenty years.
Sec. 3. Every person who shall be convic-
ted Of endeavoring to incite or procure anoth-
er to commit perjury, though the person in
cited do not commit perjury, shall be impris.
oned not exceeding ten years.
Sec. q. In every indictment for perjury or
suoornaton of perjury or incitement to per-
Jury, 1t shall be sufficient to set forth the sub
stance of the offences charged upon the de-
fendant and by what court or before whom
the oath or affirmation was taken, ayerring
such court or person to have had competent
authority TO administer the, same, together
with the proper averment or averments 10
falsiiy the matter wherein the perjury is as.
signed without setting forth any part of
any record or proceeding either in law or e.
quity other than as aforesaid, and without
setting forth the commission or authority of
the court or person or persons before
whom the perjury was committed or was
agreed or promised OF procured or incited to
be committed.
Sec. ). Every person who shall be convc-
ted OF giving any sum Of money,or any bribe
present, or reward, or any promise or securi-
ty for any, to obtain or influe4cs the opinion
Judgment, verdict, sentence, report, or award,
Of any Judge, justice of the peace, warden,
Juror, auditor, referee, arbitrator, master in
chancery, or person summoned as juror, in
any matter or cause pending or to be tried
before him alone or before him with others,
shall be imprisoned not exceeding seven
years, or shall be fined not exceeding one
thousand dollars.
Sec. g. Every judge, justice Of the peace,
warden, juror, referee, arbitrator, master in
chancery, or person summoned as juror who
shall be convicted Of accepting, receiving, or
agreeVhg for in any way, any bribc, present,
or reward, to him offered for the purpose of
obtaining or influencing his opinion judgment,
verdict, sentence, report, or award, in any
matter or cause depending or to be tied be-
fore him alone or before him with others,
shall be imprisoned not exceeding seven
years, or shall DO fined not exceeding one
thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. Every person who shall be convic-
ted Of setting at liberty, or Of rcscuing either
by force or stratagen', any person convicted
Of any crime or offence, or in the custody o
any officer upon any criminal charge, shall
suffer the like Imprisonment or penalty ms
the prisoner so rescued was sentened to, OF
would be liable to suffer upon conviction. fol
the crime or offence wherewith he stood
charged and in custody: Provided al,cays
that If the prisoner escaping shall be charged
with, or convicted of, any crime the punish
ment whcreofi is by law capital, or for which
he may be imprisoned for any term exceed
ing ten years, the person convicted of so set
ting at liberty or rescung shall be impris-
oned not exceeding ten years, or fined not
exceeding three thousand dollars.
Sec. &. Every person who shall be convic-
ted Of menacing, threatening, obstructing,
striking, insulting, assaultiug, or in any other
manner abusing any officer, civil or military,
while in the execution of his Office, shall be
imprisoned not exceeding one year, or fined
not exceeding five hundred dollars.
Sec. 9. Every jailer or other officer who
shall be convicted Of voluntarily suffering any
prisoner in his custody upon conviction or up
on ony criminal charge, to escape, shall suf-
fer the like Imprisonment or penalty as the
prisoner so escaped was sentenced to, or
would be liable 10 suffer upon conviction, for
the crime or offence wherewith he stood
charged and in custody: Prorided oticays,
that if the prisoner escaping shall be charged
with or convicted of any crime the punish
ment whereof is by law capital or for which
he may be imprisoned for any term exceed.
ing ten years, the jailor or other officer so
convicted of voluntarily suffering him to es-
cape, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten
years, or be fined not exceeding three thou
sand dollars.
Sec. 10. Every iailcr or other officer who
shall be convicted Of ncgligcntly suffering
any prisoner in his custody upon conviction,
or upon any criminal charge to escape, shall
be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or be
fined not exceeding one thousand dollars.
Sec. II. Every person who shall be con-
victed of conveying, without the knowledge
Of the jaler, any instrument or other thing
whatsoover,to any prisoner in any jail, l,wberc-
by any prisoner might break Jail, or in any
way escape, shall be imprisoned not exceed
ing ono year, or fined not exceeding one
thousand dollars. But in case any prisoner
shall escape BY means Of any instrument or
thing whatever to him so conveyed, the per-
son 40 conveying the same shal! suffer the
lii, ;p,nYieopnont and pcnalty as the prisop-