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Sect. 93. Wlioever wilfully and maliciously kills, maims, ov disfig- 

 ures any horse, cattle, or other beast of another person, or wilfully and 

 maliciously administers jjoison to or exposes any poisonous substance 

 with the intent that the same shall be taken or swallowed by any such 

 beast or beasts, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison 

 not exceeding five years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars 

 and imprisonment in the jail not exceeding one year. 



Sect. 94. Whoever wilfully commits a trespass by cutting down or 

 destroying timber or wood standing or growing on the land of another, 

 or by carrying awa}- any kind of timber or wood cut down or lying on 

 such land, or by digging up or carrying away stone, ore, gravel, clay, 

 sand, turf, or mould from such land, or roots, fruit, or any plant there 

 being, or by cutting down or carrying aAvay sedge, grass, hay, or anj^ 

 kind of corn, standing, growing, or being on such land, or by carrying 

 away from a wharf or landing-place any goods whatever in which he 

 has no interest or projierty, without the license of the owner thereof, 

 shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction not 

 exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. 



Sect. 95. Whoever wilfully and maliciously or wantonly- and with- 

 out cause cuts down or destroys, or by girdling, lojjping, or otherwise 

 injures a fruit or other tree, not his own, standing or growing for shade, 

 ornament, or other useful purpose, or maliciously or wantonly breaks 

 glass in a building not his own, or maliciously breaks down, injures, 

 mars, or defaces a fence belonging to or enclosing lands not his own, or 

 maliciously throws down or opens a gate, bars, or fence and leaves the 

 same down or open, or maliciously and injui'iously severs from the free- 

 hold of another any produce thereof or anything attached thereto, shall 

 be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction not exceeding 

 six months, or by tine not exceeding five hundred dollars. 



Sect. 96. Whoever wilfuU}- and maliciouslj^ enters an orchard, 

 nursery, garden, or cranberry meadow, and takes away, mutilates, or 

 destroj's a tree, shrub, or vine, or steals, takes, and carries away any 

 fruit or flower, without the consent of the owner thereof, shall be pun- 

 ished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in 

 the house of correction not exceeding six months 



Sect. 97. Whoever wilful 1}' commits a trespass by entering upon 

 the orchard, garden, or other improved land of another, without permis- 

 sion of the owner, and with intent to cut, take, carry away, destroy, or 

 injure the trees, grain, grass, hay, fruit, or vegetables there growing or 

 being, shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction 

 not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dol- 

 lars ; and if any offence mentioned in this section or section ninet3'-four 

 is committed on the Lord's day, or in disguise, or secretly in the night 

 time, the imprisonment shall not be less than five days, nor the fine less 

 than five dollars. 



Sect. 98. Whoever, having the charge or custody of sheep, goats, 

 cattle, horses, swine, or fowl, wilfully suffers or permits them to enter 

 on, pass over, or remain on any orchard, garden, mowing land, or other 

 improved or enclosed land of ano'ther, after being forbidden in Avriting 



