, 1854-05-06


See. l6. Every person who shall unlaw-
fully kill any human being without malice
express or implied, either voluntarily upon
a sudden heat or involuntarily, but in the
commission of some unlawful act, such per-
son shall be deemed guilty of manslaugh-
ter.
Sec. II. Every person deliberately assist
ing another in the commission of selfmur-
der, shall he deemed guilty of manslaugh-
ter
Sec. ls. Any person navigating any boat
or vessel for gain, who shall wilfully or
negligently receive so many passengers, or
such a quantity of other lading, that, by
means thereof, such boat or vessel shall sink
or ovOrSet, and thereby any human being
shall be drowned or otherwise killed, shall
be deemed guilty of manslaughter.
See. 10. If the captain, or any other per-
son having charge of any steamboat used
for the conveyance of passengers, or if the
engineer Or other person having charge Of
the boiler Of such boat, or of any other ap-
paratus for the generation Of steam, shall,
from ignorance or gross neglect, or for the
purpose of excelling any other boat in speed,
create, or allow to be created, such an undue
quantity of steam as to burst or break the
boiler or other apparatus in which it shall
be generated, or any apparatus or machine
ry connected therew\th by which bursting
or breaking any persOhshall be killed, eve
ry such captain, engineer, or other person,
shall be deemed guiltyO of manslaughter.
Sec. 20. Any person who shall be pres
ent at duel as second, when either par
ty thereto shall be killed or mortal wound
inflicted, and whereof death shall ensue,
shall be deemed guilty of manslaughter.
Sec. 81. Any person convicted Of man
slaughter shall he punished by Imprisonment
in the penitentiary, not less than one year,
nor more than twenty years, and shall be
fined in any sum not exceeding five thou
sand dollars.
Sec. 22 Every person who shall engage
in duel with any deadly weapon, although
no homicide ensue, or shall challenge anoth-
er to fight duel, or shall send or deliver
any written or verbal message, purporting
or intending to be such challenge, although
no duel ensue, shall he imprisoned on con-
viction thereof, in the penitentiary, not
more than ten years, nor less than one year.
Sec. 23. Every person who shall accept
such challenge, or who shall knowingly car
ry or deliver any such challenge or message,
whether duel enSue or not, and every per-
son who shall be present at the fighting of
duel with deadly weapons, as an aid, or
second, or who shall advise, encourage, or
promote such duel, shall on conviction there
Of, be imprisoned in the penitentiary, not
more than five years, nor less than six
months.
Sec. "a. Every person who shall admin
iSter, or procure TO be administered, any
poison to any other human being, with i'll
tent to kill the person to whom the same
shall be administered, il. death do not ensue,
upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned
in the penitentiAry not more than twenty
years, nor less than two years.
Sec. 25. Every person who shall mingle
poison with any food, drink, or medicine,
with intent to injure any human being, or
who shall poison any spring, well, or reser-
voir Of water, with such intent, shall, upon
conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the pen
itentiary not more than fourteen years, nor
less than one year
See. 26. Every person who on purpose,
and for malice aforethought, shall unlaw-
fully disable the tongue, put out an eye, cut
or bite of the nose, ear, lip, or other mem
Der Of any person, with intent to disigure
or disable such person, shall be deemed
guilty of malicious mayhem, and upon cou-
VictiOn thereof, shall be imprisoned in the
penitentiary not more than fourteen years,
nor less than ope year, and be fined in any
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
Sec. 81. Every person who shall perpe-
trate, or attempt to perpetrate, an assault,
or an assault and battery, with intent to
commit murder, manslaughter, mayhem,
rape, robbery, burglary, or kidnapping,
shall, on conviction thereof be imprisoned
in the penitentiary not more than fourteen
years, nor less than one year or be i'm
prisoned in the county Jail not more than
one year or less than six months, and be
fined in any sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars.
Sec. 2S. Every person who shall assault
and beat another with cowhide or whip,
having with him at the time pistol, or
other deadly weapon, shall on conviction
thereof, be imprisoned in the county jail not
more than one year, nor less than three
months, and be fined in any sum not exceed
ing one thousand dollars.
Sec. 80. Every person who in a rude,
insolent, and angry manner, shall unlawfully
touch strike, beat, or wound another, shall
be deemed guilty Of an assault and battery,
and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
in any sum not exceeding one thousand dol
lars, towhich may be added imprisonment
not exceeding six months in the county jail.
Sec 80 Every person who shall, in a
rude, angry, or threatening manner, in a
crowd of two or more persons, exhibit any
pistol bowie knife, or other dangerous wea-
ii non shall m convietion thereof he imnrie.