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Section 15. Who are liable to punishment.

16. Who are capable of committing crimes.

17. Intoxicated persons.

18. Morbid criminal propensities.

19. Insane persons, acquitted, how disposed of.

20. Involuntary subjection.

21. Subjection by duress.

22. Subjection inferred from coverture.

23. When not inferred.

24. Inference may be rebutted,

25. Exemption of public ministers.

Sec. 15. The following persons are liable to punishment under the laws of this territory.

1. All persons who commit, in whole or in part, any crime within this territory.

2. All who commit theft out of this territory, and bring, or are found with the property stolen, in this territory;

3. All who, being out of this territory, abduct or kidnap, by force or fraud, any person contrary to the laws of the place where such act is committed, and bring, send or convey such person within the limits of this territory, and are afterwards found therein;

4. And all who, being out of this territory, cause or aid, advise or encourage, another person, causing an injury to any person or property within this territory by means of any act or neglect which is declared criminal by this code, and who are afterwards found within this territory.

Sec. 16. All persons are capable of committing crimes, except those belonging to the following classes:

1. Children under the age of seven years;

2. Children of the age of seven years, but under the age of fourteen years, in the absence of proof that at the time of committing the act or neglect charged against them, they knew its wrongfulness;

3. Idiots;