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LARCENY-continued.

acts not amounting to theft-continued.

temporary taking, 303.

tame animal wandering, 303.

evidence of, 304.

identification of property, 304.

recent possession, 304.

larcenies of other things, 320.

where no punishment is provided, 320.

appropriating with intent, 320.

property worth over $200, 321.

killing animals with intent, 327.
valuable securities, 321.

wills, 322.

defence by previous disclosure, 322.

post letters, etc., 324.

other mailable matter, 326.

election documents, 326

railway tickets, 326

valuable securities by officers of bank, 339

cattle, etc., 327

things under seizure, 334

stealing from the person, 334

stealing in dwelling-houses, 335

goods in course of manufacture, 335

in vessels, etc., 336

on wharves, etc., 336

wrecks, 336

from Indian graves in British Columbia, 337

chattels and fixtures in lodgings, 340

title to lands, 322

judicial documents, 323

lead, etc., from buildings, 329

fixed metal, 329

trees and shrubs, 329

oysters, 328

electricity, 285

ore, etc., 333

offences resembling theft, 320

dog stealing, 327

bird stealing, 327

domestic animals, 327

pigeons, 328

dredging for oysters, 328

stealing of fixtures, 329

stealing shrubs value 25c., 330

LARCENY-continued.

offences resembling theft-continued.
stealing timber found adrift, 331
stealing fences, 331

unlawful possession of tree, 332

stealing vegetable produce, etc., 332

bringing stolen property into Canada, 340

from the person, 234.

from the dwelling-house, 235.

LEAD,

stealing, 329.

LEGISLATURE,

attempt to intimidate, 56, 60

publication by authority of, bar to criminal information for libel, 271.

LETTER.

demanding money, etc., with menaces, punishment for sending, 313.
threatening to accuse of crime, sending with a view to extort gain, 313.
threatening to kill, etc., 227.

to burn house, 453.

LETTERS PATENT,

forging, 408.

LEVYING WAR, 55: See PUBLIC ORDER (Treason.)
LIBELS,

on private persons, 263

definition of libel, 263

on character of dead person, 263

things capable of being libels, 264

defamatory matter, 264

by signs, 264

publication defined, 265

defence, 266

by newspaper or periodical, 266

malice, 267

truth, 267

honest belief, 268

privilege, 268

public benefit, 267

fair criticism, 269

public persons subject to, 270
parliamentary proceedings, 271

fair comment, 271

reports of proceedings at meetings, 272
proceedings of courts, fair report of, 273
ex parte proceedings, 273

investigations by magistrates, 273

publication in a court of justice, 272

LIBELS-continued.

punishment for libel, 274

seditious, 91: See PUBLIC ORDER (Internal without Force.)

on foreign powers, 95.

LIMITATION,

of time for prosecuting, 1

LIQUOR,

sale of, near public works, 85

taking on board H.M. vessels, 86

LODGINGS,

damage by tenants to, 475: See MALICIOUS INJURIES.

larceny from, 340.

LOST PROPERTY,

larceny of, 299: See LARCENY.

LOTTERIES, 181: See PUBLIC MISCHIEF.

LUNATIC: See INSANITY.

M.

MACHINERY,

damaging, 457, 459: See MALICIOUS INJURIES.

MAIL,

stopping with intent to rob, 325

stealing matter from, 327

damaging, 466

MAIM,

consent to injury short of, 199.

wounding with intent to, 230

MAINTENANCE, 138, 507: See PUBLIC AUTHORITY (Misleading Justice.)
MALICE, 216: See PERSON (Murder.)

in libels, 267: See LIBEL.

MALICIOUS INJURIES

to property.

injuries to Her Majesty's vessels, 456

to custom houses, 456

explosives, 455, 456

arson, 449-455

setting fire to buildings, etc., imprisonment for life for, 449

fourteen years, 450

to forests, 451

to ship of war, 453

attempts, 452

by explosion, 455, 456

damaging manufactured goods, 457

machinery, 457, 459

sea banks, etc., 460

MALICIOUS INJURIES-continued.

damaging docks, canals, etc., 460

bridges, etc., 461

rafts of timber, 461

preventing saving of wreck, 462

railways, etc., 463,

obstructing railways, 464

ships, 454-456

mines, etc., 458

fish-ponds, etc., 462

hopbinds, 469

buoys, etc., 455

packages in custody of railways, 465

electric lines, 465

mailable matter, etc., 466

trees, etc., 469, 470

poll books, etc., 474

buildings by tenants, 475

vegetable produce, 470, 471
municipal land marks, 471
other landmarks, 472
fences, 472

turnpikes, 473

telegraphs, 465

books and works of art, etc., 473

any real or personal property, 476

wounding cattle, animals, etc., 467, 468

threats to injure cattle, 468

threatening to burn, 453

not provided for, 475

to person, 230: See PERSON.

riotous damage to property, 72: See PUBLIC ORDER.
MANITOBA,

application of criminal law of England to, 13.

consequences of conviction for treason or felony in, 24.

MANSLAUGHTER, 216: See PERSON (Murder.)

accessories before the fact in, 224.

punishment of, 225.

MAN-TRAPS, 234.

MANUFACTURED GOODS,

damaging, 457: See MALICIOUS INJURIES.
stealing, 335.

MARINE STORES,

unlawful purchase of, 354.

MARINES,

purchasing, etc., necessaries from, 367.

MARRIAGE: See BIGAMY.

of member of royal family, assisting at, 63
seduction under promise of, 166

MARRIAGE LICENCES,

forgery of, 408: See FORGERY.
MARRIED WOMAN, 366.
coercion of, 35.

in cases of theft, 35.

other cases, 35.

offences relating to property, committing by and against, 298.
larceny by, 298: See LARCENY.

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unlawful, 69

MERCHANT,

conversion of money, etc., entrusted to his care, 372

selling without authority valuable security so entrusted, 373
fraudulently selling property entrusted to him for safe keeping, 373

METALS,

stealing, 329: See LARCENY.

stealing ore, 333

MILITIA,

frauds by officers, 351

unlawfully disposing of arms of, 368.

personation at parade, 435

MILK,

offences relating to, 449, 501

MINES,

stealing from, 333: See LARCENY.

concealing ore from, 354

damaging, 458: See MALICIOUS INJURIES.
MISAPPROPRIATION, 372: See FRAUDS.
MISCARRIAGE,

procuring, 251: See PERSON (Abortion).
MISDEMEANOR, 121

punishment for, where no express provision, 26

what acts amount to, 152: See PUBLIC MISCHIEF.

attempts are, 53

accessories in, 50

coercion of married women in, 34

receiving property obtained by commission of, 382

MISPRISION, 148: See PUBLIC AUTHORITY (Misleading Justice).

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