New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-01


any letter or packet; any person who shall
take the mail, or any letter or packet there
from, or from any p0stotfice, branch p0stOt
fee or other authorized depository for mai
matter, with or without the consent of th
person having custody thereof, and open
embezzle, or destroy any such mail letter
or package which shall contain any note
bond, draft, check, warrant, revenue stamp
postage stamp, stamped envelope, money
order, certificate of stock, or other pecuni
airy obligation or security of the govern
ment, or OF any officer or fiscal agent there
of, Of any description whatever; any banI
note, bank post bill, bill of exchange, o
note of assignment OF stock III the funds
any letter Of attorney for receiving annui
ties or dividends, selling stock in the funds
OF collecting the interest thereof; any letter
OF credit, note, bond, warrant, draft, bill
pronissory note, covenant, contract, Of
agreement whatsoever for or relating to tht
payment or the delivery of any article o
value, or the performance of any act mat
ter, or thing; any receipt, release, acuuit
tance, or discharge Of or from any debt
covenant, or demand, or any part thereof
any copy of the record OF any Judgment
or decree in any court of law or chancery
or any execution which MAY have issued
thereon; any copy Of any other record, OF
any other article of value, or any writing
representing the same; any person who
shall, by fraud or deception, obtain from
any person having custody thereof, any
such mail, letter or packet containing any
such article of value aforesaid, every such
person, not being employed in any depart
| ment OF the postal service, shall, on COnyic-
ton thereof, for every such ofense, be i'm
| prisoned at hard labor not less than one
nor more than five years.
| Sec. 2S2. That any person who shall be
accessory after the fact to the otfense OF
/ .fon 4o1-s 1n&A
| or other mail matter, or any inClOsure there
in, or to any other offense against the postal
| laws, shall; on conviction thereof, forfeit
| and pay not exceeding one thousand dol
! lars, and be imprisoned not exceeding five
! years; and any f&ch accessory after the
fact may be tried, convicted, and punished
| in the district in which his otfenBe was com
| mitted, though the principal otfense may
have been committed in another district
| and such trial. conviction and punishment
may be before that of the. principal offender
when such principal offender has fled from
justice or can not be arrested to be put on
trial.
SEC. 283. That any person who shall buy,
receive or conceal or aid in buying, re-
CeiVing or conceaing any note, bond, draft,
check, warrant, revenue stamp, postage
stamp, stamped envelope, postal card,
money order, certificate Of stock, or other
pecuniary obligation or security of the gov
eminent, or of any officer or fiscal agent
thereof, of any description whatever; any
bank note, bank post bill, bill OF exchange,
or note of assignment Of stock in the funds:
any letter of attorney for receiving annui-
ties or dividends, selling stock in the funds,
or collecting the interest thereof; any letter
of credit, note, bond, warrant, draft, bill,
promissory note, covenant, contract, or
agreement whatsoever, for or relating to the
payment of money or the delivery of any
article OF value, or the performance Of any
act, matter or thug; any receipt, release,
acquittal or discharge of or from any debt,
covenant or demand, or any part thereof;
any copy of the record OF any judgment
or decree in any court of law or chancery,
or any execution which may have issued
thereon; any copy OF any other record, or
any other article of value or writing repre-
senting the same, knowing any such article
or thing to have been stolen or embezzled
from the mail, or out OF any
pOstofice, branch postofice, or other
or from any person having custody thereof,
every such person shall, on conviction
thereof, for every such otfense, forfeit and
pay not exceeding two thousand dollars,
and be confined at hard labor notexceedirg
five years; and such offender may De tried
convicted and punished without the prin-
cipal offender being first tried, when said
principal Ou6nuEG HAS Il6u from I1lEltcG. or
can not be found to be put on trial.
SEC. 284. That any person employed in
any department of the postal service who
shall improperly detain, delay, embezzle or
destroy any newspaper, or permit any |
other person to detaip, delay, embezzle or |
destroy the same, or open, or permit any !!
other person to open, any mail or package |
of newspapers not directed to the office |
where he is employed, shall, on conviction |
thereof, for every such otfense, forfeit and |
pay not exceeding fifty dollars. And if |
any other person shall open, embezzle or
destroy any mail or package of newspapers |
not being directed to him, and not being +.
authorized to open or receive the same,
every such person shall, on conviction
thereof, for every such Offense, forfeit and
pay not exceeding twenty dollars. And J
any person who shall take or steal any
mail or package of newspapers from any
D0st0flce, or from any person having cuso |
tony thereof. every such person SHALL on
conviction thereof, for every such Otfense, |
Do imprisoned at hard labor not exceeding
three months.
Sec. 285. That any person who shalt rob
my carrier, agent, or other person intrusted
With the mail, OF such mail, OF any part
hereof, shall, on conviction thereof, be i'm.
,risOned at hard labor not less than five nor
more than ten years; and if convicted sec
md time of a like otfense, or if, in effecting
UGH robbery the first time, the rObber shall
Wound the person having custody of the
nail, or put his life in jeopardy by the use
+ dangerous weapons, such offender shall
70 imprisoned at hard labor for the term of
is natural life.
SEC. 286. That any person who shalt be
ccessOry after the fact to any robbery of
he carrier, agent, or other person Entrusted
nth the mail, of such mail, or any part
hereof shall r0DvJptinn +bcpanf
very such Otfense, forfeit and pay not exc {
eeding two thousand dollars, and be i'm
risOned at hard labor not exceeding ten {
ears; and such accessory after the fact !
lay be tried, convicted, and punished with /
ut the principal offender being first tried t
hen said principal offender has fed from 8
lstice, or can not be found to be put on '
'ial. I
SEC. 287 That any person who shall at !
,mpt to rob the mail by assaulting the per- 8
m having custody thereof, shooting at him b
: his horse, or threatening him with dan c
erous weapons, and shall not effect such {
bbery, SHALL on conviction thereof, be i'm D
'isoned at hard labor not less than two t
81 more than ten years. 0
SEC. 28S That any person who shall have a
ken charge of the mail and shall vounta- n
" quit or desert the same before he has Ii
slivered it into the postoffice at the ter
nation of the route or to, some known II
all carrier, messenger, agent or other en- Il
oye eff the Postotiice Department author e
ed to receive the same, shall, on convic- z
IN thereof, for every such otfense, forfeit tt
I'd pay not exceeding five hundred dollars, | p
i'd be imprisoned not less than three k
onths nor more than one year d
SEC. 2o9. That all laws defining punish N
emit tor depredations committed upon the | te
all shall extend to and have full force in Il
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