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 1322 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 85-1. 1901. A****""- Sec. 805. a&SSAULT.—vVl10€V€1' assaults another with intent to com. mit any other oHense which may be punished by imprisonment in the ’¥‘“‘*‘“>'· penitentiary shall be imprisoned not more than five years. Sec. 806. Whoever unlawfully assaults, or threatens another in a menacing manner, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not more than twelve months, orboth. '“‘“"h”“‘· Sec. 807. Every person convicted of mayhem or of maliciously disiiguring another shall be imprisoned for not more than ten years. Rare i·—*¤¤*¤‘· Sec. 808. R»APE.——WhO0\’C1‘ has carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will, or carnally knows and abuses a female child under sixteen years of age, shall be imprisoned for not less than five {"*‘·¤‘fS<¤·¤· nor more than thirty years: ]’2·0vidccZ, That in any case of rape the jury "““`m*“`“dd‘l"*“h‘ may add to their verdict, if it be guilty, the words "with the death penalty,” in which case the punishment shall be death by hanging: ··*¤“*¤*> of ¤> wee- P1~0oidecZfm·the7·, That if the jury fail to acrree as to the punishment, the verdict of guilty shall be received and the punishment shall be imprisonment as provided in this section. r,g,?°“’i“g miS"**’· Ec. 809. PROCURING M1ScARRIAGE.—l”\¢Thoever, with intent to prof cure the miscarriage of any woman, prescribes or administers to her any medicine, drug, or substance. whatever, or with like intent uses any instrument or means, unless when necessary to preserve her life or health and under the direction of a competent licensed practitioner of medicine, shall be imprisoned for not more than five years; or if the woman or her child dies in consequence of such act, by imprisonment for not less than three nor more than twenty years. B¤bb¤¤‘· Sec. 810. RoBBEEY.—VVhoever by force or violence, whether against resistance or by sudden or stealthy seizure or snatching, or by putting in fear, shall take from the person or immediate actual possession of another anything of value, is guilty of robbery, and any person convicted thereof shall suffer imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than fifteen years. ·“»“°“‘P°- Sec. 811. Whoever attempts to commit robbery, as defined in the preceding section, by an overt act, shall be imprisoned fO1‘ not more tha; three years or be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or bot. Abducrivn- Sec. 812. ABDUOr1oN.—¥`l’hoev*er unlawfully and forcibly or fraudulently carries 0H or decoys out of the District any person, or arrests or imprisons any: person with the intention of having such person carried out of the istrict, shall be imprisoned for not less than one no1· _ more than sevendyears, or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, _§""§Q§§§·d mm, 16 or both: Provide, That whoever leads, carries, or entices away a v¤¤¤·€*·*· child under the age of sixteen years, with the intent unlawfully to detain or conceal such child so lead, taken, or enticed away, shall be imprisoned for not more than twenty years or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both. §g§g)y¤v<>S€¤·¢* Pwr SEc. 813. Any person who, for purposes of prostitution, persuadcs, ` entices, or forcibly abducts from her home or usual abode, or from the custody and control of her parents or guardian, any female under sixteen years of agp shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than two nor more t an twenty years; and whoever knowingly secretes o1· harbors any such female so persuaded, enticed, or abducted as aforesaid shall suffer imprisonment for not more than eight years. ¤r¤¤¤1w¢·>¤h¤¤r¤¤¤· Sec. 814. CRUELTY TO cH1LD1zEN.—-Any person who shall torture, cruelly beat, abuse, or otherwise willfully maltreat any child unde1· the age of eighteen years; or any person, having the custody and possession of a child under the age of fonrteen years, who shall expose, or aid and abet in exposing, such child in any highway, street, field, house, outhouse, or other place, with intent to abandon it; or any person, having in his custody or control a child under the age of fourteen years, who shall in any way dispose of it with a view to its being