, 1854-05-06


other property shall be entrust d for any
specific purpose for hire, shall embezzle, or
fraudulenty convert to his own use, or
shall take or sccretc, with intent TO embez-
2le and fraudulcntly convert to his own
use, any money or other property which
! shall have come into his possession, or shall
/ he under his care or charge by virtue Of
such employment or for such specific pur-
pose, shall be deemed guilty Of larceny, and
on conviction thereof he imprisoned in the
pcniteutarv not more than ten years nor
less than one year, or be imprisoned in the
county Jail for any length of time not eX-
cecding one year.
/ Sec. Sc. If any warehousc-man, miller,
or storage, forwarding, or commission mcr-
chant, or his or their servants, agents, or
clerks, shall wilfully and fraudulcntly make
or alter any receipt or other written evil
dencc Of the delivery into any warehouse,
mill, store, or other building belonging to
him. them, or either Of them, or his or
their employers, of any grain, flour, pork,
beef, or WOOL or other goods, wares, or
merchandise, which shall not have been so
received or delivered into such mill, ware
house, store, or other building, previous to
the making and altering such receipt or
other written evidence thereof, upon convic-
tion thereof, shall be imprisoned in the pen
itentiary not more than two years nor less
than six months, or imprisoned in the coun-
ty Jail for any length Of time not exceeding
one year, and fined in any sum not exceed
ing one thousand dollars.
Sec 81. Every person who shall falsely
make, or assist to make, deiace, destroy,
alter, forge, or counterfeit, or cause to be
falsely made, defaced, destroyed, altered,
forged, or cOunterfeited, any record, deed,
will, codicil, bond, writing obligatory, or
property, receipt for money or property,
power Of attorney, certificate of justice
of the peace, or other public officer, audit
or's warrant, treasury note, county order,
acceptance or Endorsement Of any bill of
exchange, promissory note, draft, or order,
or assignment of any bond, writing obliga-
tory, or promissOry note for money or prop
eriy, or any other instrument in writing, or
any brand prescribed by law on tobacco,
beef, bacon, or pork cask, lard keg or bar
rel, salt barrel or hay bale, or any person
who shall utter or publish as true any such
instrument, knowing the same to be false,
deiaced, altered, forged, or countcrfeited,
with intent to defraud any person, body
polite or corporate, shall be deemed guilty
Of forgery, and on conviction thereof shall
be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more
than fourteen years nor less than one year,
and be fined in any sum not exceeding five
| thousand dollars.
Sec. 6S. Every person who shall cast,
stamp, engrave, make, or mend, or shall
knowingly have in his possession any mould,
pattern, die, puncheon, engine, press or 9th
er tool orinstrument, adapted and designed
for cofuing or making any counterfeit coin
in the similitude Of any gold or silver coin,
current by law or usage in this Territory,
with intent to use the same, or cause or
permit the same to be used or employed in
coming or making any such false or coun-
terfeit coin as aforesaid, shall on conviction
thereof be imprisoned in the penitentiary
not more than ten years nor less than one
year, and he fined in any sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars, aud all such tools and
instruments, intended for such purposes
aforesaid, shall be destroyed.
Sec. SO. In any case where the intent to
defraud is necessary to constitute the offence
of forgery, or any other offence that may
be prosecuted, it shall be sufficient to allege
in the indictment, an intent to defraud
without naming therein the particular per-
son or body corporate intended to he de-
frauded ; and on the trial of such indict-
ment, it shall be deemed sufficient, and shall
not be deemed a variance, if there appear
to be an intent to defraud the United
States, or any State, Territory, County, City,
Town or Village, or any body corporate,
or any public officer in his Official capacity,
or any co-partnership or member thereof,
or any particular person, and persons of
skill shall be competent witnesses to prove
a forgery.
Sec. go Every person who shall vio-
lently take or keep possession Of any house,
or close with menaces, force and arms, and
without the authority of law, shall be deem
ed guilty of forcible entry or forcible de-
tainer, as the case may be, and upon convic-
ton thereof shall be fined in any sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars
Sec. 6I. Every person who shall mali
ciously or mischievously injure or destroy,
or cause to be injured or destroyed any
property of another, or any public proper
ty, shall be deemed guilty Of malicious
trespass, and on conviction thereof be fined
not exceeding three fold the value of the
damage done, to which may be added i'm
prisonment in the county jail not exceeding
one year.
Sec. 62. Every person who shall will
fully or maliciously remove any monuments
of stone, wood or other durable material,
lawfully erected for the purpose of desig-
mating the corner or any other point in the
boundary Of any lot or tract of land, or
any most or stake lawfully fixed or driven in |