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Attempting to set fire to a mine.
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27. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously by any overt act attempt to set fire to any mine, under such circumstances that if the mine were thereby set fire to the offender would be guilty of felony, 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 fourteen . . . years,—or to be imprisoned . . . and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping..
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