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Public Justice.
PENAL CODE.
§§ 6410-6415

1. Any building established as a court house for the holding of courts of record, while any session of such court is being held therein, except in such part of such building not appropriated to the use of courts or of juries attending them, in which such sale has been authorized by a resolution of the board of county commissioners of the county or,

2. Any building established as a jail or prison; or,

3. Any building or shed, outhouse, porch, yard or curtilage appertaining to any building which, or any part of which, is at the time occupied. or used for holding the polls at an election of any public officer of this territory, or for canvassing votes cast at such election,

Is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Misconduct by attorneys.
s. 210, Pen. C.

§ 6410. Every attorney who, whether as attorney or as counselor, either:

1. Is guilty of any deceit or collusion, or consents to any deceit or collusion, with intent to deceive the court or any party; or,

2. Wilfully delays his client's suit, with a view to his own gain; or,

3. Wilfully receives any money or allowance for or on ac­count of any money which he has not laid out or become answer­able for,

Is guilty of a misdemeanor; and, in addition to the punish­ment prescribed therefor by this code, he forfeits to the party injured treble damages, to be recovered in a civil action.

Attorney permitting other person to use his name.
s. 211, Pen. C.

§ 6411. If any attorney knowingly permits any person, not being his general law partner or a clerk in his office, to sue out any process or to prosecute or defend any action in his name, except as authorized by the next section, such attorney, and every person who shall so use his name, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

In what cases such use is lawful.
s. 212, Pen. C.

§ 6412. Whenever an action or proceeding is authorized by law to be prosecuted or defended in the name of the people, or of any public officer, board of officers or municipal corporation, on behalf of another party, the attorney general, or district at­torney, or attorney of such public officer or board or corporation may permit any proceeding therein to be taken in his name by an attorney to be chosen by the party in interest.

Fraudulent production of infant.
s. 213, Pen. C.

§ 6413. Every person who fraudulently produces an infant, falsely pretending it to have been born of any parent whose child would be entitled to inherit any real estate or to receive a share of any personal estate, with intent to intercept the inherit­ance of any such real estate, or the distribution of any such per­sonal estate, from any person lawfully entitled thereto, is punish­ able by imprisonment in the territorial prison not exceeding ten years.

Substituting child.
s. 214, Pen. C.

§ 6414. Every person to whom an infant has been confided for nursing, education, or any other purpose, who, with intent to deceive any parent or guardian of such child, substitutes or produces to such parent or guardian another child in the place of the one so confided, is punishable by imprisonment in the terri­torial prison not exceeding seven years.

Importing convicts.
s. 215, Pen. C.
§ 6415. Every owner, master or commander of any vessel arriving from a port within this territory, who knowingly lands, or permits to land, at any port city or place within this territory, any passenger or hand who is a foreign convict of any crime which, if committed in this territory, would be punishable there­ in, without giving notice thereof to the mayor of such city," or

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