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Larceny of postal packets, &c.
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12. Every person who—
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(1) steals a mail bag; or
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(2) steals from a mail bag, post office, officer of the Post Office, or mail, any postal packet in course of transmission by post; or
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(3) steals any chattel, money or valuable security out of a postal packet in course of transmission by post; or
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(4) stops a mail with intent to rob the mail;
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shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof liable to penal servitude for life.
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