Bringing kidnaped States. 23 June, 1874, 18 Stat. Supp., 46. SEC. 271. Whoever shall knowingly and persons into United willfully bring into the United States or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, any person inveigled or forcibly kidnapped in L., 251, c. 464, s. 1; 1 any other country, with intent to hold such. person so inveigled or kidnapped in confinement or to any involuntary servitude; or whoever shall knowingly and willfully sell, or cause to be sold, into any condition of involuntary servitude, any other person for any term whatever; or whoever shall knowingly and willfully hold to involuntary servitude any person so brought or sold, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than five years. CHAPTER ELEVEN. OFFENSES WITHIN THE ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME AND THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE Maritime and terri SEC. 272. The crimes and offenses defined torial jurisdiction prein this chapter shall be punished as herein scribed. prescribed: R. S., 8. 5339. Wynne. U. S., 217 U. S., 234. First. When committed upon the high seas, or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, or when committed within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the juris diction of any particular State on board any vessel belonging in whole or in part to the United States or any citizen thereof, or to any corporation created by or under the laws of the United States, or of any State, Territory, or District thereof. L., 421, c. 874, s. 1; 1 Supp., 799. 4 Sept., 1890, 26 Stat. Second. When committed upon any vessel registered, licensed, or enrolled under the U. S., . Rogers, 150 laws of the United States, and being on a U. S., 249; Ex parte Byers, 32 Fed. Rep.. 1. Rep., 145. 46, 404; U. S. v. Rogers, voyage upon the waters of any of the Great Peterson, 64 Fed. Lakes, namely: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Saint Clair, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, or any of the waters connecting any of said lakes, or upon the River Saint Lawrence where the same constitutes the International boundary line. cl. 17. Const., Art. 1, sec. 8, Third. When committed within or on any lands reserved or acquired for the exclusive use of the United States, and under the exclusive jurisdiction thereof, or any place purchased or otherwise acquired by the United States by consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of a fort, magazine, arsenal, dockyard, or other needful building. R. S., s. 5570. Jones . U. S., 137 U. S., 202. Fourth. On any island, rock, or key, containing deposits of guano, which may, at the discretion of the President, be considered as appertaining to the United States. Murder. R. S., s. 5339. Fed. Cas., 646; U. S. v. SEC. 273. Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. U.S.. Cornell, 25 Every murder perpetrated by poison, lying in wait, or any other kind of willful, deliberate, malicious, and premeditated killing; 157; Ball. U. S., 140 or committed in the perpetration of, or U. S. v. Rogers, 4 How., 567; Ex parte Crow Dog, 109 U. S., 556; Cook t. U. S., 138 U. S., U. S., 118; St. Clair v. U. S., 154 U. S., 134; attempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, Sparf & Hansen v. U. S., 156 U. S., 51; Winston burglary, or robbery; or perpetrated from a v. . U. S., 172 U. S., 303; premeditated design unlawfully and mali Battle v. U. S., 209 U. S., 36; U. S. . Martin, 14 Fed. Rep., 817; U. S. v. Meagher. 37 Fed. Rep. 875; U. S. t. Clark, 46 ciously to effect the death of any human being other than him who is killed, is murder in Fed. Rep., 633; U. S. . the first degree. Any other murder is Hewecker, 79 Fed. Rep., v. 59; U. S. . Carter, 84 murder in the second degree. Fed. Rep., 622; U. S. v. Lewis, 111 Fed. Rep., 630; U. S. v. Linnier, 125 Fed. Rep., 83; U. S. v. Tully, 140 Fed. Rep., 899; U.S.. Newth, 149 Fed. Rep., 302; U. S. v. Battle, 154 Fed. Rep., 540; U. S. s. Guiteau, 1 Mackey (D. C.), 498. SEC. 274. Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice. It is of two kinds: Manslaughter. R. S., s. 5341. Roberts . U. S., 126 First. Voluntary-upon a sudden quarrel Fed. Rep., 897. or heat of passion. Second. Involuntary-in the commission of an unlawful act not amounting to a felony, or in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death, in an unlawful manner, or without due caution and circumspection. Punishment for R. S., ss. 5339, 5343. SEC. 275. Every person guilty of murder murder; for manin the first degree shall suffer death. Every slaughter. person guilty of murder in the second degree shall be imprisoned not less than ten years and may be imprisoned for life. Every person guilty of voluntary manslaughter shall be imprisoned not more than ten years. Every person guilty of involuntary manslaughter shall be imprisoned not more than three years, or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both. Assault with intent to commit murder, rape, robbery, etc. R. S., s. 5346. SEC. 276. Whoever shall assault another with intent to commit murder, or rape, shall be imprisoned not more than twenty years. Whoever shall assault another with intent to commit any felony, except murder, or rape, shall be fined not more than three thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. Whoever, with intent to do bodily harm, and without just cause or excuse, shall assault another with a dangerous weapon, instrument, or other thing, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Whoever shall unlawfully strike, beat, or wound another, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Whoever shall unlawfully assault another, shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than three months, or both. Attempt to commit murder slaughter. or man R. S., s. 5342. SEC. 277. Whoever shall attempt to commit murder or manslaughter, except as provided in the preceding section, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than three years. Rape. R. S., s. 5345. 9 Feb., 1889, 25 Stat. L., 658, c. 120; 1 Supp., 641. Having carnal knowledge of female under 16. L., 658, c. 120; 1 Supp., 641. SEC. 278. Whoever shall commit the crime of rape shall suffer death. SEC. 279. Whoever shall carnally and unlawfully know any female under the age 9 Feb., 1889, 25 Stat. of sixteen years, or shall be accessory to such carnal and unlawful knowledge before the fact, shall, for a first offense, be imprisoned not more than fifteen years, and for a subsequent offense be imprisoned not more than thirty years. Seduction of female passenger on vessel. R. S., s. 5349. SEC. 280. Every master, officer, seaman, or other person employed on board of any American vessel who, during the voyage, under promise of marriage, or by threats, or the exercise of authority, or solicitation, or the making of gifts or presents, seduces and has illicit connection with any female passenger, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; but subsequent intermarriage of the parties may be pleaded in bar of conviction. Payment of fine to female seduced; evidence required; limitation on indictment. R. S., ss. 5350, 5351. SEC. 281. When a person is convicted of a violation of the section last preceding, the court may, in its discretion, direct that the amount of the fine, when paid, be paid for the use of the female seduced, or her child, if she have any; but no conviction shall be had on the testimony of the female seduced, without other evidence, nor unless the indictment is found within one year after the arrival of the vessel on which the offense was committed at the port of its destination. Punishment for loss of officers, owners, charterers, inspectors, etc., of vessels. R. S., s. 5344. L., 1025, c. 1454, 8. 5. of life by misconduct SEC. 282. Every captain, engineer, pilot, or other person employed on any steamboat or vessel, by whose misconduct, negligence, or inattention to his duties on such vessel 3 Mar., 1905, 33 Stat. the life of any person is destroyed, and every owner, charterer, inspector, or other Fed. Rep., 884; U. S. . public officer, through whose fraud, neglect, Rep., 592; Van Schaick connivance, misconduct, or violation of law . U. S., 159 Fed. Rep., the life of any person is destroyed, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both: Provided, That, when the owner or charterer of any steamboat or U. S. . Holmes, 104 847. vessel shall be a corporation, any executive officer of such corporation, for the time being actually charged with the control and management of the operation, equipment, or navigation of such steamboat or vessel, who has knowingly and willfully caused or allowed such fraud, neglect, connivance, misconduct, or violation of law, by which the life of any person is destroyed, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. Maiming. R. S., s. 5348. SEC. 283. Whoever, with intent to maim or disfigure, shall cut, bite, or slit, the nose, ear, or lip, or cut out or disable the tongue, or put out or destroy an eye, or cut off or disable a limb or any member of another person; or whoever, with like intent, shall throw or pour upon another person, any scalding hot water, vitriol, or other corrosive acid, or caustic substance whatever, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both. SEC. 284. Whoever, by force and violence, or by putting in fear, shall feloniously take from the person or presence of another anything of value, shall be imprisoned not more than fifteen years. Robbery. R. S., s. 5370. Arson of dwelling house. R. S., s. 5385. 14 A. G. Op., 559. SEC. 285. Whoever shall willfully and maliciously set fire to, burn, or attempt to burn, or by means of a dangerous explosive destroy or attempt to destroy, any dwelling house, or any store, barn, stable, or other building, parcel of a dwelling house, shall be imprisoned not more than twenty years. Arson of arsenal, etc.; R. S., s. 5386. U. S. . Cardish, 143 Fed. Rep., 640. SEC. 286. Whoever shall maliciously set other building, etc. fire to, burn, or attempt to burn, or by any means destroy or injure, or attempt to destroy or injure, any arsenal, armory, magazine, rope-walk, ship-house, warehouse, blockhouse, or barrack, or any store-house, barn, or stable, not parcel of a dwelling house, or any other building not mentioned in the section last preceding, or any vessel built, building, or undergoing repair, or any light-house, or beacon, or any machinery, timber, cables, rigging, or other materials or appliances for building, repairing, or fitting out vessels, or any pile of wood, boards, or other lumber, or any military, |