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 134 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. keeping a fum 01* instruinent in writing, fol‘ the pflyllwllli 0I' (]€1l\‘6l'_Y of l110Il6y or other 5¤¤·*¤¤ *3****- _. valuable thing, or of keeping a faro-bank or gaming-table, shall he sou. 2 Merch. 1¤31·¤- teaeed to snifer imprisonment: and labor for a period not less than cm gpl,;::?' year nor more than five years. U Bd ·‘. ., ; United States va. Watkins 3 Crunch, C. C., 441; nit $,:;:::3. Léigngll, C. C.,83; United States u¤.’Robertson, 5 Cranch.C.C., 38; United States vu. Ringgold, 5 Cranch, C. C., 378; United States ra. Milburn, 5 Crouch, 0. 0.,390. Accessory after Sec. 1163. Every person convicted of being an accessory alter the We i‘¤¤’¤· fact in any felony, shall be sentenced to suder mprxsonment and labor, l*'!‘“’° S"“""“ "" ·ears and for the second otfense for a period not less than two not- W1ll1ams,1Cra.nch, d 1 C.C.,174. more than ten years. _ _ Challenging to Sec. 1164. If any person shall, in the District, challenge another to 20 Feb., 1859, c. purporting or intended to be such challenge, or shall accept any such 20. ¤·}.v-5. n- 318- challenge or message, or shall knowingly carry or deliver any such U“"‘°‘* $*,9**** "‘· challenge or message, or shall knowingly carry or deliver an acceptance gggfhkglc °;$g_3 of such challenge or message to fight a duel in or out of the District, ’" and such duel shall be fought in or out of the District, and either of the parties thereto shall be slain or mortally wounded in such duel, the surviving party, and every person carrying or delivering such challenge or message, or acceptance of such challenge or message, and all others aiding or abetting, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment and confinement to hard labor in the penitentiary for a. term not exceeding ten years, in the discretion of the court. Sending cha}- Sec. 1165. If any person shall give or send, or cause to be given or I¤¤s¤· sent, to any person in the District, any challenge to iight a duel, or to engage in single combat with any deadly or dangerous instrument or 310. weapon whatever, or if any person in the District shall accept any challenge to iight a duel or to engage in single combat with any deadly or dangerous instrument or weapon whatever, or shall be the bearer of any such challenge, every person so giving or sending, or causing to be given or sent, or accepting such challenge or being the bearer thereof, and every person aiding or abetting in giving, sending, or accepting such challenge, shall be deemed guilty of a high crime and misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment and confinement to hard labor in the penitentiary, for a term not exceeding five years, in the discretion of the court. Assaulting, etc., Sec. 1166. If any person shall assault, strike, beat; or wound, or cause M **1*;*5;** *0 W to he assaulted, stricken, beaten, or wounded, any person in the District, for declining or refusing to accept any challenge to fight a duel, or to Ibid., s. 3, p. 319. engage in single combat with any deadly or dangerous instrument or weapon whatever, or shall post or publish, or cause to be posted or publish, any writing charging any such person so declining or refusing to accept any such challenge, to be a coward or n ing any other opprobri— ous or injurious language therein, tending to degrade and disgrace such person for so declining or refusing such challenge, every person so ot1'ending, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by confinement to hard labor. in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding three years, in the G0_ t Mb digsretigxiaozf tp: court. n etsw.} _ mg on 0 c mo. . any person or persons for the ur of evadin the Egtfx “’ °'“‘*° provisions of the three preceding sections, shallleapgdathe Districi, by ...;..__ previous arrangement or concert within the same, with intent to give or I\>¤<1-,¤- 4- receive any such challenge without the District, and shall give or receive any such challenge accordingly, the person or persons so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to the same penalties _ as 1f such challenge had been given and received within the District. _ Bar to lpwcevd- Sec. 1168. Every offender may plead a former conviction or acquittal mgst ‘“ W “* °°°°· for the same offense in any State or country; and the same being estab- Ibid., s. s. lished, shall be a bar to any further proceedings against such person under the preceding section.
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