ment for the crime of which such person so testifying may have been a participant. P. G. L., (1860,) art. 30, sec. 18. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 8. 24. Every embracer who shall procure any juror to take gain or profit for rendering his verdict, upon conviction, and every juror convicted of taking gain or profit for giving his verdict, shall undergo a confinement in the penitentiary for a period not less than eighteen months nor more than six years, and shall be disqualified to serve on juries forever thereafter. Ibid. sec. 19. 1853, ch. 450, sec. 2. 25. If any person shall corruptly or by threats or force endeavor to influence, intimidate or impede any juror, witness or officer in any court of this State in the discharge of his duty, or shall corruptly or by threats or force obstruct or impede, or endeavor to obstruct or impede, the due administration of justice therein, he shall be liable to be prosecuted therefor by indictment, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both, according to the nature and aggravation of the offence. Ibid. sec. 20. 1799, ch. 50, sec. 18. 1805, ch. 97, sec. 29. 1811, ch. 204. 26. If any candidate at an election to be held under the constitution and laws of this State, or any other person whatever, shall at any time before or on the day of any election, give or bestow, or directly or indirectly promise any gift or reward to secure any person's vote or ballot at any such election, or shall keep, or suffer to be kept, any house, tent, booth, or other accommodation in any part of any district at any time during the day of holding such election, and before the close thereof, at his expense, where any victuals or intoxicating liquors shall be gratuitously given or dealt out to voters, every such person or candidate so offending shall, on conviction thereof in the court of the county or city wherein such offence may be committed, be fined at the discretion of the court a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and suffer such imprisonment as the court may adjudge, not exceeding six months, and such other penalties as are prescribed by the constitution, one-half of the fine to go to the informer. Burglary. P. G. L., (1860,) art. 30, sec. 21. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 5. 27. Every person convicted of the crime of burglary, or as accessory thereto before the fact, shall restore the thing taken to the owner thereof, or shall pay him the full value thereof, and be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than three nor more: than ten years. Robinson v. State, 53 Md. 151. Ibid. sec. 22. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 5. 28. Every person, his aiders, abettors and counsellors, whoshall be convicted of the crime of breaking a dwelling-house in the day-time, with intent to commit murder or felony therein, or breaking a storehouse, warehouse, or other out house, in the day or night, with an intent to commit murder or felony therein, shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than ten years. Ibid. Ibid. sec. 23. 1737, ch. 2, sec. 2. 1809, ch 138, sec. 5. 29. Every person convicted of the crime of breaking into any shop, storehouse, tobacco house, or warehouse, although the same be not contiguous to or used with any mansion house, and stealing from thence any money, goods or chattels, to the value of one dollar or upwards, or as being accessory thereto, shall restore the thing taken to the owner thereof, or shall pay him the full value thereof, and shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than ten years. Ibid. Concealed Weapons. 30. Every person, not being a conservator of the peace entitled or required to carry such weapon as a part of his official equipment, who shall wear or carry any pistol, dirk-knife, bowieknife, slung-shot, billy, sand-club, metal knuckles, razor, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon of any kind whatsoever, (penknives excepted,) concealed upon or about his person; and every person who shall carry or wear any such weapon openly, with the intent or purpose of injuring any person, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not more than six months in jail or in the house of correction. Conspiracy. 1884, ch. 266. 31. An agreement or combination by two or more persons, to do, or procure to be done, any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute between employers and workmen, shall not be indictable as a conspiracy, if such act, committed by one person, would not be punishable as an offence; nothing in this section shall affect the law relating to riot, unlawful assembly, breach of the peace, or any offence against any person or against property. Counterfeiting and Forgery. P. G. L., (1860,) art. 30, sec. 24. 1799, ch. 75. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 6. 32. Any person who shall falsely make, forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, altering or counterfeiting any deed, will, testament or codicil, bond, writing obligatory, bill of exchange, promissory note for the payment of money or property, endorsement or assignment of any bond, writing obligatory, bill of exchange, acquittance or receipt for money or property, or any acquittance or receipt either for money or property, with intention to defraud any person whomsoever, or shall utter or publish as true, any false, forged, altered or counterfeited deed, will, testament or codicil, bond, writing obligatory, bill of exchange, promissory note for the payment of money or property, or endorsement or assignment of any bond, writing obligatory, bill of exchange, promissory note, acquittance or receipt for money or property, shall be deemed a felon, and on being convicted thereof shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than five nor more than ten years. Bloomer v. State, 48 Md. 529. Bishop v. State, 55 Md. 141. Hawthorne v. State, 56 Md. 534. Bell v. State, 57 Md. 114. Brashears v. State, 58 Md. 565. Ibid. sec. 25. 1809, ch. 138. sec. 8. 1821, chs. 150, 204. 1834, ch. 279, sec. 2. 33. If any person shall falsely make, forge or counterfeit, or cause to be falsely made, forged or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging or counterfeiting, any com mission, patent or pardon, or any warrant, certificate or other public security, whereby money may be drawn from the treasury of this State, or shall be concerned in printing, writing, signing or passing any such forged or counterfeited warrant, certificate or public security, knowing it to be such, with intention to defraud any person or persons, he shall be deemed a felon, and on being convicted thereof, shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for a period not less than two nor more than ten years. P. G. L., (1860,) art. 30, sec. 26. 1717, ch. 8. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 2. 34. Every person who shall be convicted of the crime of counterfeiting the great seal of the State, for the time being, or the seal of any court, or any other public seal of this State, and of making use of the same, or of stealing any of the said true seals, or of unlawfully, falsely and corruptly, or with evil intent, affixing any of them to any deed, warrant or writing, or who shall be convicted of having in his possession or custody such counterfeit instrument, and shall wilfully conceal the same, knowing it to be falsely made or counterfeited, shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than ten years. Ibid. sec. 27. 1858, ch. 269, sec. 4. 35. If any person shall counterfeit the stamp of the comptroller, or unlawfully use or steal the same, or unlawfully, falsely and corruptly, or with evil intent, affix it to any instrument of writing, or shall have in his possession or custody such counterfeit instrument, and shall wilfully conceal the same, knowing it to be falsely made or counterfeited, he shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to undergo a confinement in the penitentiary for a period not less than two nor more than ten years. Ibid. sec. 28. 1707, ch. 4. 1729, ch. 2. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 2. 36. Every person who shall be convicted of having forged and counterfeited any gold or silver coin, which now is or hereafter shall be passing or in circulation within this State, or of having falsely uttered, paid, or tendered in payment, any such counterfeit and forged coin, knowing the same to be forged and counterfeited, or of having aided, abetted or commanded the perpetration of either of the said crimes, shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than ten years. P. G. L., (1860,) art. 30, sec. 29. 1790, ch. 5. 1793, ch. 35. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 6. 1862, ch. 82. 37. Any person who shall, with a fraudulent intent, employ an artist to engrave or etch any plate in imitation of the note or notes of any established bank within this State, or of any bank which may be hereafter established within this State, or which is or may be established by law in any of the United States, or any note or notes issued as currency by the United States, or any person with fraudulent intent engaged in engraving or etching such plate, or any person with like intent in any manner engaged in striking impressions from such plates, or any person who shall affix to such note or notes fraudulent or forged signatures, or any person who shall with fraudulent intent be engaged in manufacturing or furnishing paper in imitation of any paper used for striking impressions of notes upon any established bank within this State, or any bank which may hereafter be established within this State, or which is or may be established by law in any of the United States; or any person who shall falsely make, alter, forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged or counterfeited, or shall willingly aid or assist in falsely making, altering, forging or counterfeiting any note or notes of any bank which has been or may be regularly constituted by this State, or by any of the United States, shall be deemed a felon, and shall, on being convicted thereof, be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than ten years. Ibid. sec. 30. 1797, ch. 96. 1827, ch. 62, sec. 1. 1862, ch. 82. 38. Any person who shall within this State either publish, offer, dispose of or put off any forged or counterfeited note or notes, knowing them to be such, purporting to be the genuine note or notes issued as currency by the United States, or of a bank which has been or may be regularly constituted by this State, or by any of the United States, or by the United States, and any person who shall either publish, offer, dispose of or put off as genuine, any note purporting to be a note of a bank which does not exist, shall be deemed a felon, and shall, on being convicted thereof, be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than ten years. |