1888, art. 27, sec. 233. 1860, art. 30, sec. 162. 1890, ch. 410. 1892, ch. 204. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 4. 369. If any person shall carnally know and abuse any woman child under the age of fourteen years, or knowingly carnally know and abuse any woman who is an imbecile, non compos mentis or insane, of any age whatever, every such carnal knowledge shall be deemed felony, and the offender being convicted thereof shall at the discretion of the court suffer death or imprisonment for life in the penitentiary, or for a definite period, not less than eighteen months nor more than twenty one years. 1898, ch. 218, sec. 233 A. 370. If any person shall carnally know any female not his wife, between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years, such carnal knowledge shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and the offender being convicted thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for a term not exceeding two years, or be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, or be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court; provided, that nothing in this section contained shall be construed to affect or interfere with the law relating to the crime of rape as now in force in this State; and provided further, that this section shall not apply to male persons under the age of eighteen years. Receiving Stolen Goods, Money or Securities. Ibid. sec. 234. 1860, art. 30, sec. 163. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 6. 1892, ch. 546 1902, ch. 18. 371. Every person who shall be convicted of the crime of receiving any stolen money, goods or chattels, knowing the same to be stolen, or of the crime of receiving any bond, bill obligatory, bill of exchange, promissory note for the payment of money, bank note, paper bill of credit, or certificate granted by or under the authority of this State, or the United States, or any of them, knowing the same to be stolen, shall restore such money, goods or chattels or things taken and received to the owner thereof, or make restitution to the value of the whole or such part thereof as shall not be restored, and shall be sentenced to undergo confinement in the penitentiary, or in the house of correction, or in jail, in the discretion of the court imposing sentence, for not more than ten years. And such receiver may be prosecuted and punished, although the principal offender or offenders shall not have been convicted. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to in any way interfere with, affect or modify the prosecution and punishment of offenders for any offense committed prior to February 27, 1902. Isaacs v. State, 23 Md. 410. Kearney v. State, 48 Md. 16. State v. Hodges, 55 Md. 136. Religious Meetings. 1888, art. 27, sec. 235. 1860, art. 30, sec. 164. 1725, ch. 6. 1747, ch. 17. 1824, ch. 53, secs. 1 and 2. 1839, ch. 32, sec. 1. 1844, ch. 173. 1846, ch. 145. 372. If any person shall erect, place, or have any booth, stall, tent, carriage, boat, vessel or other vehicle or contrivance whatever, for the purpose or use of selling, giving or otherwise disposing of any kind of spirituous or fermented liquors, or any other articles of traffic, or shall sell, give, barter or otherwise dispose of any spirituous or fermented liquors, or any other articles of traffic within two miles of any camp-meeting, or other place of religious worship, during the time of holding any meeting for religious worship at such place, such person, on conviction before a justice of the peace, for the first offense shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, and stand committed to jail until the fine and costs are paid; and for the second offense shall be fined as aforesaid, and be imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days. Ibid. sec. 236. 1860, art. 30, sec. 165. 1824, ch. 53, sec. 2. 1827, ch, 29, sec. 1. 373. If any person shall commit an offense against the provisions of the preceding section he shall in addition to the penalties therein mentioned forfeit all such spirituous or fermented liquors and other articles of traffic, and all the chests and other things containing the same, belonging to and in the possession of the person so offending, together with such booth, stall, tent, carriage, boat, vessel, vehicle or other contrivance or thing prepared and used in violation of said section. And it shall be the duty of any sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable, if he sees any person violating the preceding section, to arrest the offender and carry him before a justice of the peace. The sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable, when he arrests the offender, shall seize the property hereby declared to be forfeited, or shall seize the same on a warrant against the offender, if such offender cannot be found; and the justice of the peace before whom such offender is convicted, or before whom the warrant is returned that the offender cannot be found, shall enter judgment of condemnation against such property, and issue a fieri facias for the sale thereof; provided, the person who has been returned not found and whose property has been condemned in his absence may appear at any time before the sale of the property and have the case tried as if he had appeared at the return of the warrant. 1888, art. 27, sec. 237. 1860, art. 30, sec. 166. 1824, ch. 53, sec. 3. 374. The provisions of the two preceding sections shall not apply to any licensed tavern-keeper, merchant, shop-keeper, farmer or other person, in the usual and lawful transaction of his ordinary business in the usual place of transacting such business, or to any person having permission in writing from the supervisor of such meeting to sell such articles as may be named in such permission. Ibid. sec. 238. 1860, art. 30, sec. 167. 1824, ch. 53, sec. 5. 375. Whosoever shall wilfully interrupt or disturb any religious congregation, society or meeting, by blowing horns, exploding firearms, horse-racing, noisy, riotous or disorderly conduct or conversation shall, on conviction before a justice of the peace in the county wherein such offense shall be committed, be fined not less than one dollar nor more than twenty dollars, and be committed to jail until the fine and costs are paid. Ibid. sec. 239. 1860, art. 30, sec. 168. 1824, ch. 53, sec. 2. 1849, ch. 195. 376. All fines imposed and collected under this sub-title for disturbing religious meetings shall be paid to the county, and nothing in the four preceding sections shall prevent the courts of record from exercising their common law jurisdiction in all cases for disturbing public worship. And the party convicted. under any of the preceding sections relating to religious meetings shall have the right to appeal to the next circuit court for the county where the conviction is had upon giving bail for his appearance at court, and upon such appeal shall be entitled to a trial by jury. Rivers. Ibid. sec. 240. 1860, art. 30, sec. 170. 1734, ch. 16, sec. 2. 1747, ch. 13. 1774, ch. 18. 1870, ch. 44. 1872, ch. 58. 377. If any ballast, ashes, filth, earth, soil, oysters or oyster shells be taken, unladen or cast out of any ship, steamboat, scow, pungy or other vessel on any pretense whatever in Chesapeake bay above "Sandy Point" or in the waters of Herring bay or in any river, creek or harbor within this State below high water mark, the master or other person having charge or command of such ship, steamboat, scow or other vessel shall, upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace of this State, be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred and fifty dollars, one-half of which amount shall be paid to the informer and the other half to the State; but any one convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be entitled to appeal to the circuit court for the county in which he was convicted, or to the Baltimore city court if the offense was committed in the city of Baltimore; this section shall not, however, be construed to apply to the improvement of harbors or to affect any existing act of assembly relating to the construction of wharves or to the rights of riparian proprietors. 1888, art. 27, sec. 241. 1872, ch. 58. 378. The commanding officer of the State fishery force is required and directed to enforce the provisions of the preceding section. Ibid. sec. 242. 1874, ch. 355. 379. If any person shall place, cast or throw into the Potomac river, at any point above the canal dam, near the mouth of Wills' creek, any dead body or carcass of any dog, horse, cow, hog, cat or other animal whatsoever, or shall drown therein any animal whatsoever, or shall place, cast or throw therein any substance whatsoever, calculated to render the waters of said river impure or unfit for use, he shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, one-half to the informer and the other half to the State, to be recovered by action of debt or indictment in the county wherein the offense was committed. Ibid. sec. 243. 1860, art. 30, sec. 171. 1734, ch. 16, sec. 3. 380. No person shall build any weir or hedge across any river, creek or branch below any public landing place, so as to prejudice or dam up the channel, or to obstruct the passage of boats, on pain of forfeiting twenty-five dollars, to be recovered in the proper court by action of debt or by indictment. Ibid. sec. 244. 1888, ch. 362 1900, ch. 577. 381. It shall not be lawful for any person to dig, dredge, take and carry away any sand, gravel or other material from the bed of the Potomac river from its mouth to the uppermost boundary line of Prince George's county under a penalty of a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, and confiscation of the boat, vessel, dredge and implements used in digging, dredging and carrying away such sand, gravel or other material, and imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months, in the discretion of the court; one-half of said fine and one-half of the proceeds of the sale of such confiscated boat, vessel, dredge and implements to be paid by the sheriff to the informer, and the other half to the commissioners of public schools for the county; provided, however, that it shall be lawful for any riparian owner of lands bordering on said Potomac river, or for any person or corporation with whom such owner shall have a contract in writing for the purpose, or for the agents, servants or employes of such person or corporation to dig, dredge, take and carry away sand, gravel or other material from the bed of said river opposite said lands from high-water mark on the shore bordering on said lands to the outer line of the channel nearest said shore, subject to the laws of the United States relating to navigation; and provided further, that none of the provisions of this section shall be deemed to interfere in any manner with the provisions of any law of the State relating to the taking and catching of fish and oysters. Robbery. 1888, art. 27, sec. 245. 1860, art. 30, sec. 173. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 6. 382. Every person convicted of the crime of robbery, or as accessory thereto before the fact, shall restore the thing robbed or taken to the owner, or shall pay to him the full value thereof, and be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than three nor more than ten years. Rogues and Vagabonds. Ibid. sec. 246. 1860, art. 30, sec. 178. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 7. 1878, ch. 467. 383. If any person shall be apprehended having upon him any pick-lock, key, crow, jack, bit, or other implement, at places and under circumstances from which an intent may be presumed feloniously to break and enter into any dwelling-house, warehouse, storehouse, stable or outhouse, or shall have upon him any pistol, hanger, cutlass, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon, also at places and under circumstances from which may be presumed an intent feloniously to assault any person, |