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Larceny, after two summary convictions.
10 & 11 Vict. c. 82.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 97.
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9. Whosoever shall commit the offence of simple larceny, or any offence hereby made punishable like simple larceny, after having been twice summarily convicted of any of the offences punishable upon summary conviction, under the provisions contained in the Act of the session held in the tenth and eleventh years of Queen Victoria, chapter eighty-two, or in this Act, or the Malicious Damage Act, 1861, (whether each of the convictions shall have been in respect of an offence of the same description or not) shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be kept in penal servitude for any term not exceeding seven years, . . . or to be imprisoned . . . and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
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