Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-02-28
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| Sec 2oi. That any person employed in any
| department of the postal service who shall i'm
| properly detain, delay, embeEzle, or destroy
| any Newspaper, or permit any other person to
detain, delay, embezzle, or destroy the same. OF
| 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 con-
viction thereof, for every such ofiense, forfeit
and pay not exceeding fifty dollars. And if any
other person shall open, enibezzle, or destroy
directed to him, and not being authorized to
open or receive the came, every such person
shall, on conviction thereof, for every such Of
fense, forfeit and pay not exceeding twenty dol
lars. And any person who shall take or steal
post Office. or from any person having custody
thereof. every such person shall, on conviction
thereof for every such offense, be imprisoned at
hard labor not exceeding three months.
Sec. 2s5. That any person who shall rob any
carrier, agent, or other person Entrusted with the
mail, Of such mail, or any part thereof, shall on
conviction thereof, be imprisoned at hard labor
not less than five nor more than ten years; and
if convicted a second time Of like offense, or
if in ef'ecting such robbery the first time, the
robber shall wound the person having custody
of the mail, or put his life in jeopardy by the
use of dangerous weapons, suoh offender shall
be imprisoned, at hard labor, for theterm Of his
natural life. - -
Sec 2ss That any person who shall be acces.
sorry after the fact to any robbery OF the carrier,
agent, or other person intrueted with the mail,
Of such mail or any part thereof, shall on con-
yiction thereof, for every such otense, forfeit
and pay not exceeding two thousand dollars, and
be imprisoned at hard labor not exceeding ten
years and such accessory after the fact may be
tried. convicted. and punished without the prin-
cipal offender being first tried, when said princi-
pal offender has fed from justice, or cannot be
found to be nut on trial
Sec 2S7. That any person who shall attempt
to rob the mail by assaulting the person having
custody thereof, shooting at him or his horse, or
threatening him with dangerous weapons, and
shall not effect such robbery, shall. on convic-
ton thereof be imprisoned Mt hard labor not less
than two nor more than ten years.
&c., 28S. That any person, who shali have
taken charge of the mail and shall voluntarily
it into the post Office at the termination Of the
route, or to some known mail-earrier, messenger,
agent, or othe employee of the Post Office De-
partment authorized to receive the same. shall.
on conviction thereof, for every such ofense,
forfeit and. pay not exceeding I'VE hnndred dol.
months nor moro than one year. = Sap AZ e
Sec. 2S9. That all laws defining punishment
for depredations committed upon the mail shall
extend to and have full force in the Indian coun.
Sec. go. That any person who shall steal,
purloin, or embezzle any mail bag or other prop
erty in use by or belonging to the Post Office
Department, or who shall. for any lucre, gain,
OF convenience, appropriate any ouch property
to HE own or any other than its proper use, or
who shall, for any lucre or gain, convey away
any such properly to the hinderanee. or detri-
ment Of the public service; every such person,
his aiders abettors, and coulfelors. shall, II the
value Of the property be twenty-five dollars or
more, be deemed guilty Of felony. and. on con-
yiction thereof, for every such ofense, shall be
fnn-;.onn5 not od;n~ tbraa wears and ~ tha
value of the property be less than Twenty-Five
dollars, the party offending shall be imprisoned
not more than one year. or be fined not less than
ten nor more than two hundred dollars.
cut or otherwise injure any mail bag. pouch, or
other thing used or designed tor use IN the con-
veyance of the mail, or who shall draw or break
any staple, or loosen any part Of any lock- chain,
or strap attached thereto. with intent to rob or
cure, shall, on conviction thereof for every
sue offense, forfeit and pay net less than one
hundred nor more than FIVE hundred dollars, or
DO imprisoned at hard labor not less than one
nor more than three years, d the discretion OF
the court [
Sec. 800. That any person who shall steal,
purloin, embezzle, or obtain by any false pre-
tense, or shall aid or assist in stealing, purloin'
ing, embezzling. or obtaining by any false pre-
tense. any key suited to any lock adopted by
the Post Office Department, and in use On any
Of the mails or bags thereof; any person who
shall knowingly and unlawfully make, forge, Or
! counterfeit, or cause TO be unlawfully made,
forged, or counterfeitsd, or knowingly aid or
assist in making, forging, or counterfeiting. my
such key; any person who shall have in bis
possession any such mail look or key, with the
intent unlawfully or improperly to use. sell. or
otherwise dispose of the same. or to cause, the
same to be unlawfuly or improperly used. sold.
or otherwise disposed of; any person engaged
Is contractor or otherwise in the manufacture
Of any such mail looks OF keys who shall dsliv-
er. or cause to be delivered, any finished or un-
finished lock or key used Or designed Tor use by
such lock- to any person not duly authorized,
under the hand Of the Postmaster General and
fhe zeal of the Post Office DEPARTMENT. to receive