The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-03
THE NEW CODE.
GRIMES AND MISCELLANEOUS.
Synopsis of Chapter 70 Adopted by
Senate and House.
COMPILED BY HON. E. J. MARETT FOR HoL-
LY SPRINGS SOUTH.

COMPILED BY HON. z. J. MARETT FOR HoL-
/ LY SPRINGS SOUTH.
AduItry and Fornication.-24S6 section
/ Code-not necessary to establish that they
/ lived together rs man and wife, but may be
proved by circumstantial evidence, or by
single act
Arson, Article 5.-Shall apply to rail
road car or coach.
Enlightenment, section 2547.-Add or
make way with, OF attempt to secrete, en-
bezzie or convert to his own use. If any
person shall fraudulently appropriate per
sonal property or money which has been
delivered to him which he was bound to
return, on conviction shall be imprisoned
in penitentiary not more than years, or
/ be fined not more than $1,000 and be i'm
prisoned in the county Jail not more than
one year.
The same penalty as to those who being
an officer or agent Of this State, county or
/ town therein, into whose hands money,
books, records, papers, etc, required by law
( to be delivered to the successor in office or
other person authorized TO receive the same
/ shall wilfully and not in good faith refuse
or neglect, on demand to deliver the same.
Persons in office or therein employed, COM
hitting froud or ENFORCEMENT are liable to
/ imprisonment in the pehitentiary.
Section 2556. Escape of Prisoners-Ap-
4 piled to persons sentenced who shall escape
before confinement.
( 1t shall be q penitentiary ofense for
i persons to sell property which they had be
/ fore sold or mort9aged, on which be knew
there was lien by judgment or otherwise,
without informing the purchaser of the
state of facts.
Section 2644. Add, or shall be guilty of
single act of adultery or fornication.
+ Section 1862, Add, but it shall be grand
larceny to take and carry away feloniously
any kind e horned cattle, swine, sheep
or goats, of any value Whatever,
i Section 26JS, Which refers to the wrong
/ full removal of personal property under
/ pledge etc, from the State, made applica-
/ BILE to county Any person without con-
/ sent OF owner who shall take and carry
sway any horse, mare, gelding, jennie, jack,
/ jepnet, sheep, COW, bull OK, calf, hog, or
other live stock where such taxing or ear
rying away shall not amount to larceny,
shall on conviction, be fined not exceeding
/ $500, or be imprisoned in the county jail
not exceeding six months
Section 270S-Add, any one cruelty
beating, abusing, starving or purposely in
Turing any horse, or other animal belong
ing TO himself or other person, shall be
punished by tine not exceeding 500 or
by imprisonment in the county Jail not ex-
I ce6ulilg SIX HlOnItlS, OF BN DOln
Shall be a misdemeanor for any druggist
or other person to sell or give away any ar
ticle of poison to any minor, male or female.
Section 2672-Add, suner death unless
the jury shall fix the penalty of imprison-
ment for life, as it may do in case of murder.
Section 2673-Add, the same.
New Chapter, Tramps-Any person over
10 yearn Of age aud not blind, y no shall go
about from place TO place begging, and
cannot give an account of his conduct, con-
sistent with good citizenship, shall be liable
on conviction to $500 fine, and imprison-
ment SIX a4onths.
Any person may arrest and carry before
Justice of the Peace or other conservative
officer, who shall proceed a. once to trv him
for being a tramp, and deal with him ac-
cordingiy If he be found guilty. Any act
of begging subsistence by one not citizen
of this State shall be pripaa facie evidence
that the person committing it is a tramp
within the meaning of this act. Any tramp
who shall enter any dwelling-hause, yard or
enclosure about a dwelling, house without
the permission of the owner or occupant
and shall not depart upon demand, or shall
be found carrying fire arms or other dan
gerous weapons, or shall do or threaten to
do injury TO any person, or to the real or
personal property of another shall, on con-
viction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary
not more than one year.
Resisting frocess-lt shall be a misds-
meanor for any person to knowingly and
wilfully resist any officer or other authori-
zed person in serving or attempting to
serve or execute any legal writ or process.
1t shall be misdemeanor for any person
By force or threat to ATTEMPT to intimidate
OF impede any Judge, Justice of the Peace,
juror, witness or any officer in the discharge
Of his duty, or to impede the administration
of Justice in any court. Any person shall
be fined not more than $50 who shall go
upon the enclosed land of another without
his consent after notification or shall re-
main after request to depart
Shall be q misdemeanor to buy or sell
cotton in seed Or ginned and not baled,