Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-01-11

either by common law or statute, are Con-
stituted or aggravated by being committed
in q dwelling horse And under this sec
tion, any house in which dwells watch.
man or other person appointed to watch or
protect property, shall be considered par
eel of the dwelling-house, of which oil the
buildings just enumerated shall be protect
ed.
SOME FELoN1Es WITH BENEFIT OF CLERGY.
SEQ III. Either of the crimes specified
in this third section shall be felony with
benefit of clergy, to witt For any person
to attempt to raise an insurrection or rebel.
lion in this State, or to counsel, aid or hire
any other person to raise any insurrection
or rebellios, although no insurrection or re-
bellion may take place; for any person to
administer, or cause to be taken by any 9th.
er person, any poison, ohloroform, soporifc
or other deleterious thing orrto shoot at,
stab, cut or wound any other person, or by
any means whatsoever, to cause bodily in
jury to any other person, whereby, in any
Of these cases, bodily injury, serious but
not dangers to life, is caused to any other
person, with intent in any of these cases te
commit the crime of murder, or the crime
Of rape, or the crime of robbery, burglary OF
larceny; for any perdon to commit an as
sault with any kind of loaded arms, or with
a sword, dirk, knife, axe, Ratchet or dead.
ly weapon, whereby bodily injury to any
person is caused, with intent to commit the
crime Of murder, or the crime Of rape, Oh
the crime of robbery or burglary; for any
person to steal or destroy, or wilfuuy con.
ceal, any last'will and Testament, or any pa.
per in the nature of a last will and tesla.
ment; for any person to break and enter
any corn.crib, cotton house, gin.house,
meat.house, stable, shop, store. room, ware.
house, counting.house, or other clubhouse,
not by the second section of this Act, or by
previous law, parcel Of dwelling house,
and steal therein any chattel, money or val.
liable securities; for any person to steal any
bull, COW, OK, steer, or calf or % steal any
sheep, bog, or goat; for any person unlaw.
fully and maliciously to burn or destroy, OF
cause to be burned or destroyed, any cot
ton, in the seed or ginned, loose or in bale,
any corn, shucked or unsbucked, any wheat,
rice, oats, rye, barley, peas or other grain,
thrashed or unthrashed, any fodder, hay,
straw, or shucks, if property to the value of
ten dollars be thereby destroyed; ; for any
person, uulawfully and maliciously, to burn
OF destroy, or cause to be burned or destroy
ed, any gin house, mill-house, shop, or 9th.
er ont house or building, not by the second
section of this Act, or by previous law, par.
Gel of dweIling.bouse for any servant
TO steal any ohattel, money or valuable se.
curity, to the value of ten dollars, belong
ing to or in the possession or power of his
master or employer, being in any dwell.
ling house for any person TO take from
any field, not belonging to or being in the
possession of such person, any cotton, corn,.
rice or other grain, although the same may
not have been severed from the soil fraudu.
lently, with any intent secretly to convert
the same to the use Of such person taking.
.be same for any person siifaily -. ,;,s
o tnrpeptipe farRs; fore--a .s,.e,, ,.;lf,I.
snL ., a.,sa. ss IA dam, or disturb any
,a,.aS -.gate whereby damage may be
TO the growing, crop
SEC ~. The punishment of felony with
benefit of clergy, for the first offence, shall,
at the discretion of the Court, be by one or
more of the following modesto wit: trans.
porta,iou beyond the limits of this State,
and prohibition of return for a period not
less than FIVE years; confinement in a. .peni.
tentiary, work. house, or penal farm, (when
such institutions shall exist for a period not
less than 8 months, nor more than 10 years; !;
with such imposition Of hard labor and soil,
tary confinement as may be directed whip
ping in all cases involving the crim,en .talsi;
disqualification to vote, for q term of years
not exceeding twenty, at any election made
by the people Of this State, or any part
thereof, for any civil or political office; con
fnemept in tread. mill or stocks, solitary con
fnemeDt, hard labor, corporeal punishment; {;
imprisonment, not less than three months
nor more than n.years; fine, not less than
one hundred dollars; nor more than five
dollars. But popunishment more
degrading than imprisonment shall be i'm.
posed on white person for crime not To-
famous.
SOME MIsDEMEANoRs.
SEC. Y. The offences specified iu this fifth
section, shall be aggravated misdemeapors,
to wit: For any person to administer or
attempt to administer to any other person,
or to cause to be takens or to attempt to
be taken, byapy other person, any poison,
chloroform, sopori6c, or other deleterious
thing or for him to commit an assault on
any other person, with intent in any of these
cases, to commit the crime of murder, or the
crime Of rape: or the crime of robbery or
larceny, or with the intent to main, disfg.
ure or disable such other person, or to do
some other greVious bodily harm to such
other person, or with intent to resist or pre-
vent the lawful apprehension or detainer of
any person, although no bodily injury may
be affected for any servant to steal any
,hattle, money or valuable security below
The value of ten dollars, belonging to or in
he possession or power Of bis master or em.
9loyer, or being IN any dwelling house for
my person unlawfully and rnaliciously to
burn or destroy, or cause to be burned or
destroyed, any agricultural product, al
hough property to the value of ten dollars
nay not thereby. be destroyed; !; for servant
o assault bis master Or employer- or anv