maliciously cut, injure, deface, or throw down any fence on the land of another, or shall willfully cut or destroy, or take away from the land of another, any crops or parts of crops, fruit or vegetable production, growing, or standing, or lying on said premises, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in a common jail not exceeding twelve months, or by such fine and imprisonment both. One half the penalty recovered, and actually received from any person, for any violation of this section, shall be paid, under the order of the court having cognizance of the offense, to the person who shall complain, and furnish evidence to any informing officer, of such violation.

&c.

SECT. 77. Every person, who shall willfully and maliciously de- Injuries to signs, face, or pull down, any sign; or shall willfully and maliciously cut, break, or injure any coach, hack, chaise, gig, wagon, or other carriage for the conveyance of persons; or shall willfully and maliciously cut, break, or injure, the harness of any such coach, hack, chaise, gig, wagon, or other carriage for the conveyance of persons; or shall willfully and maliciously deface, injure, or destroy, any post-guide or mile-stone; or shall willfully and maliciously cut, injure, or destroy, any leaden, or other pipes, used as an acqueduct for the conveyance of water; or shall willfully and maliciously remove, or alter, any boundary of lands; or deface, alter, or remove, any marks upon any tree, or other monument, made for the purpose of designating any point, course, or line, in the boundary of any lot, or tract of land, or dividing line, between any towns, or societies, shall be punished by fine, not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in a common jail, not exceeding six months, or by such fine and imprisonment both.

nals, injuring

SECT. 78. Every person, who shall willfully and maliciously ob- Obstructing the struct the navigation of any canal, made by any company incorpo- navigation of carated for that purpose, by sinking any vessel, timber, stone, earth, gates, &c. or other thing, to the bottom of said canal, or shall wantonly and maliciously open or shut, or cause to be opened or shut, any lock, gate, or any paddle or culvert-gate, or any waste-gate, of any such canal, or drive any nails, spikes, pins, wedges, or any other thing, into either of the gates, or shall willfully and maliciously break, throw down, or destroy any lock, bank, waste-weir, dam, aqueduct, pier, wing-wall, culvert, or culvert-gate, shall be punished by fine, not exceeding five hundred dollars, nor less than thirty dollars, or shall suffer imprisonment in a common jail, for a term not exceeding one year, nor less than sixty days, or pay such fine and suffer such imprisonment both.

fastened in high

SECT. 79. Every person, who shall willfully and maliciously un- 1858. fasten, and suffer to go at large, any horse attached to any vehicle, Loosing a horse and fastened in any public highway, shed, common, or other public way, &c. place, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in a common jail, not exceeding six months, or by such fine and imprisonment both.

use any

False statement

SECT. 80. Every person, who shall hire any horse or team, or 1859. horse or team, hired by others, and shall willfully make any attorne false statement, or misrepresentation, relative to the distance, time, or team. place, or manner, of using or driving the same, with intent to defraud the owner thereof, or any other person, shall be punished by a fine, not exceeding seven dollars, or by imprisonment in a common jail, not exceeding thirty days, or by such fine and imprison

ment both.

1860.

ing horses, with

owner.

SECT. 81. Every person, who shall willfully, and without permisTaking and driv- sion of the owner, or his authorized agent, take, and drive or ride out permission of the horse of any other person, or who shall be present and aid, abet or assist in such taking, driving, or riding such horse, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment in a common jail, for a period not exceeding three months; or by such fine and imprisonment both.

Taking and using boats, without permission of

owner.

SECT. 82. Every person, who shall willfully, and without permission of the owner or his authorized agent, take and use any boat in any of the harbors, bays, rivers, creeks and waters of this state, or who shall aid, abet and assist in the taking and using any boat as aforesaid, shall be liable to the same penalties, and may be punished in the same manner, as provided in the preceding section of this act. SECT. 83. Every person, who shall willfully and maliciously lead, Letting out cat-drive, or let out of an inclosure, any cattle, horses, sheep, or swine, purpose of hav- with intent to cause the same to be taken up and impounded, shall Ing them - be punished by a fine not exceeding seven dollars, or by imprison. ment in a common jail not exceeding thirty days.

1861.

tle, &c., for

pounded.

im

1852. Placing obstructions, &c., railroads.

on

Injuring railroad engines, &c.

1882. Cutting trees,

&c., on lands of another.

1862. Taking wood from land of In

upon any

SECT. 84. Every person, who shall willfully and maliciously place railroad within this state, any stone, timber, piece of wood, or other obstruction, or who shall loosen, take up, or remove any part of the superstructure of such railroad, shall be punished by imprisonment in the Connecticut ștate prison, for a term not more than ten years.

SECT. 85. Every person, who shall willfully and maliciously impair, injury, or destroy any engine, carriage, or car, belonging to any railroad company, or who shall willfully and maliciously displace any switch upon any railroad, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in a common jail not exceeding one year, or by such fine and imprisonment both.

SECT. 86. Every person, who shall, willfully, and without color of right, cut, fell, destroy, or carry away, any trees, or timber of the dimensions of four inches diameter, or more, or hoop-poles of a smaller dimension, standing or growing on the land of any other person, shall be punished by fine, not exceeding seventeen dollars, or by imprisonment in a common jail, not exceeding ninety days, or by such fine and imprisonment both.

SECT. 87. Every person, who shall cut, take, or draw any wood from the land of any tribe of Indians, or from the land of any Indians, without dian, belonging to any tribe in this state, without permission of the overseer of said tribe, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding seven dollars, or by imprisonment in a common jail not exceeding thirty days, or by such fine and imprisonment both.

permission of

Overseer.

graphs.

1848.

SECT. 88. Every person, who shall unlawfully and intentionally Injuries to tele- injury, molest, or destroy, any of the lines, posts, piers, or abutments, or the material or property belonging thereto, of any telegraph company, organized under the statute laws of this state, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in a common jail not exceeding one year, or by such fine and imprisonment both.

1855.

of incorporated

SECT. 89. Every person, who shall willfully and maliciously do, Injury to works or cause to be done, any act whatever, whereby any building, congas companies. struction of works of any incorporated gas company in this state, or any gas-pipe, gas-post, lantern on such post, burner or reflector, or any matter or thing appertaining to the same, shall be stopped,

obstructed, injured, or destroyed, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in a common jail not exceeding six months, or by such fine and imprisonment both.

1859.

Frauds on gas

by connections with

tered by metre.

SECT. 90. Every person, who, with intent to injure or defraud any gas company, body corporate, or individual, shall connect, or companies, cause to be connected, any pipe, tube, or other instrument or contri- I main or service vance, with any main or service pipe, or other pipe for conducting pipe, not regisor supplying illuminating gas, in such manner as to connect with, and be calculated to supply illuminating gas, to any burner or orifice, by, or at which illuminating gas is consumed, around or without passing through the metre provided for the measuring and registering the quantity of gas there consumed, shall be punished by imprisonment in a common jail, not exceeding thirty days, or by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or by such fine and imprisonment both.

ry to, or altera

SECT. 91. Every person, who, with intent to injure or defraud Fraudulent injuany gas company, body corporate or individual, shall willfully injure, tion of gas metre. alter or obstruct, or prevent the action of any metre provided for the purpose of measuring and registering the quantity of illuminated gas consumed by or at any burner, orifice or place, or cause or procure any such metre to be injured or altered, or the action thereof to be obstructed or prevented, shall be punished by imprisonment in a common jail, not exceeding thirty days, or by a fine, not exceeding fifty dollars, or by such fine and imprisonment both.

1839.

Frauds of agents.

1865.

ing on property.

SECT. 92. Any person, acting for or in behalf of any gas company, body corporate, or individual, who shall intentionally defraud of gas companies. any other person, in quantity or quality, in the sale of illuminating gas, by false measurement, or in any other manner, shall suffer imprisonment in a common jail, not exceeding thirty days, or by fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or by such fine and imprisonment both. SECT. 93. Every person, who shall paint, or print upon, or in any other manner affix, to any property, not his own, whether situated Painting or printwithin the limits of any public or private way, or not, without the of another. consent of the owner or occupier thereof, any word, letter, character or device, stating, referring to, or advertising, or intended to state, refer to, or advertise the sale of any property or article, or who shall directly or indirectly cause any such act to be done, or aid in any manner therein, shall pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or suffer imprisonment in a common jail not exceeding six months, or shall pay such fine and suffer such imprisonment both; but nothing herein contained shall apply to any notice posted in pursuance of any law of this state, or of the United States, or by order of any court in this state, or of the United States.

bridge faster than

SECT. 94. Every person, who shall ride or drive any horse, team, Riding on a or carriage of any kind, upon any bridge in this state, over a river, in a walk. in a faster gait than a walk, shall be punished by a fine not exceed ing seven dollars, or by imprisonment in a common jail not exceeding thirty days, or by such fine and imprisonment both; but the party or parties, whose duty it is to keep such bridge in repair, shall constantly keep conspicuously posted at each end of such bridge, in full view of the passers by, a painted sign or notification, in the form following, to wit: "The riding or driving any horses, teams, or carriages on this bridge, in a gait faster than a walk, is by law prohibited." All offenses against the next preceding section, may

SECT. 95.

ceding section,

Violation of pre- be prosecuted upon the complaint of a grand juror, and before a how punished. justice of the of peace, any town in which such bridge is in whole or in part situated. SECT. 96. Every person, who shall willfully and maliciously cut, break, throw down, destroy, or in any manner injure any derrick, belonging to any other person, or any of the guy ropes or other supports attached to, or belonging to such derrick, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in a common jail not exceeding six months, or by such fine and imprisonment both.

Injury to derrick.

CHAPTER V.

OF OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE.

Perjury and sub

SECT. 97. Every person, who shall commit perjury, or who shall ornation of per- be guilty of subornation of perjury, shall suffer imprisonment in the Connecticut state prison, for a term not less than two nor more than five years. *

jury.

Bribery.

Taking away, or

&c.

SECT. 98. Every judge or other person, concerned in the administration of justice, who shall take any illegal fee, gift, or undue reward, to influence his behavior in office, and any person who shall give or offer any money, or other thing of value, to any judge, or other person concerned in the administration of justice, with intent to influence his behavior in his office, shall pay a fine, not exceeding the sum of one thousand dollars, and shall suffer imprisonment in the Connecticut state prison, for a term not less than two nor more than five years, and, after conviction, shall be forever incapable of holding any office of trust or profit.

SECT. 99. Every person, who shall willfully and corruptly emaltering records, bezzle, take away, withdraw, impair, raze, alter, or destroy, any record, or parcel of the same, or any will, testament, codicil, deed, writ, return, process, or any other proceeding, in any court of rec ord, or in the office of the secretary of this state, or in the office of the clerk of any county, town, city, borough, or other incorporated society, or community, in this state, with intent thereby to defeat, injure, or prejudice, the estate, right, or title of any person, or body politic, or corporate, shall suffer imprisonment in the Connecticut state prison, for a term not less than seven nor more than ten years.

* The first statute against perjury was passed in 1702; the punishment was a fine of sixty-seven dollars, and imprisonment six months, without bail or main-prize. In 1792, the punishment, in the case of male offenders, was changed to imprisonment in Newgate, and in case of females, to imprisonment in county work-house, or county jail. In 1821, the punishment was in all cases, a forfeiture of sixty-seven dollars, and imprisonment in Newgate six months. In 1830, the present penalty was affixed to the crime. In 1825, the penalty was imprisonment, not exceeding two years nor less than six months.

The taking of a false oath, willfully and corruptly, in any case where the administration of an oath is lawful, is perjury. Chapman v. Gillett, 2 C. R. 40. The crime may be committed before arbitrators. Lyman v. Wetmore, 2 C. R. 42, in note. Also, in a proceeding to obtain the benefit of the oath provided for poor imprisoned debtors. Arden v. State, 11 C. R. 408.

public seals.

SECT. 100. Every person, who shall counterfeit the seal of this Counterfeiting state, or the seal of any court or public office, by law entitled to have and use a seal, and shall make use of the same, or shall unlawfully and corruptly, or with evil intent, affix any of the said true seals to any commission, deed, or warrant, certificate, or other writing, or who shall have, in his possession or custody, any such counterfeited seal, and shall willfully conceal the same, knowing it to be falsely made and counterfeited, shall suffer imprisonment in the Connecticut state prison, for a term not less than seven, nor more than ten years.

SECT. 101. Every person, who shall effect the escape of any prisoner, legally confined in the Connecticut state prison, or attempt the same, or shall give any help or assistance therein, shall suffer imprisonment in said prison, for a term not less than two, nor more than five years.

Effecting escape of prisoner from state prison.

1880.

Breaking jail.

SECT. 102. Every person, who shall willfully break any common jail, or county work-house, or help, aid, or assist, in such breaking, with intent to aid or procure his own, or the escape of any other person, being lawfully confined therein, shall suffer imprisonment in the Connecticut state prison, for a term not more than five years. SECT. 103. Every person, who shall hinder, obstruct, resist, or Resistance to abuse, any justice of the peace, or resist, hinder, obstruct, or abuse, any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or other officer, in the execution of his office, shall be punished by a fine, not exceeding thirty-four dollars, or by imprisonment in a common jail, not exceeding two months, or by such fine and imprisonment both.

officers

Furnishing pris

SECT. 104. Every person, who shall be a common barrator, shall Barratry. pay a fine of seventeen dollars, and become bound, with sufficient surety, for his good behavior, for a term not less than one year. SECT. 105. Every person, who shall directly, or indirectly, deliver, 1830. or cause to be delivered, to any prisoner confined within the walls of oners with liquor. any common jail, or county work-house, any wines, fermented or distilled spirituous liquors, or aid or assist therein, without liberty from the sheriff of the county in which such jail, or work-house, is situated, or from the keeper of such jail or work-house, shall be punished by fine, not exceeding seven dollars, or by imprisonment in a common jail, not exceeding thirty days.

court.

SECT. 106. Every person, who shall, in presence of any court, Contempt of either by words or actions, behave contemptuously, or disorderly, may be punished by said court, by fine and imprisonment, as said court shall judge reasonable; but no justice of the peace shall inflict a greater fine than seven dollars, nor a longer term of imprisonment than thirty days; and no other court shall inflict a greater fine than one hundred dollars, nor a longer term of imprisonment than six months.

Conversing by or

trial.

SECT. 107. Every juror, summoned to attend the superior court, 1853. who is not a member of the panel engaged in the trial of any cause, with juror, concivil or criminal, before said court, who shall converse with any of cerning case on the jurors empanneled for the trial of any such cause, concerning the same, from the time the trial of any such cause shall have commenced, until after the verdict shall have been rendered, and, in case of a disagreement by said jury, until after they have been discharged from the consideration of any such cause; and every juror impanneled for the trial of any such cause, before said court, who shall converse concerning the same, and during the time of the trial thereof, as aforesaid, with any juror not thus impanneled, or with