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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. Ill. Ch. 429. 1899. 1285 Sec. 218. The common law of England as adopted and understood in C°¤¤¤¤¤¤ hw of the United States shall be in force in sem memet, except as modified E“g'““‘“‘°’““· by this Act. Sec. 219. That nothing herein contained shall apply to or in any ,¤*’:¤d*¤g1;:3¤¤¤•*- way aifect any proceeding or Indictment now found or pending or that g an °° ’°°°` may be found for any oiiense committed beibre the pasage of this Act. TITLE II. CHAPTER ONE. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS. $60- Sec. 1. Crimesand offenses, how prosecuted. 4. Criminal action defined. 2. Definition of a crime or public ofense. 5. Parties to a criminal action. 3. Felonies, how prosecuted. Sec. 1. That proceedings for the punishment and prevention of the h°‘§i“°°]“‘}§°¤¤°·· crimes defined in Title I of this Act shall be conducted in the manner ` herein provided. Sec. 2. That a crime or public offense is an, act or omission forbidden M2; £i¤i;,!¤¤k·>f ¤ by law, and punishable, upon conviction, by either of the following tm 1°° °°°°‘ punishments : First. Death; Second. Imprisonment; . Third. Fine; . Fourth. Removal from office; Fifth. Disqualiilcation to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit. Sec. 3. That no person can be tried for the commission of a felony wf:£¤*°°- Mw PM- but upon the indictment of a grand jury. _ `_ _ Sec. 4. That the proceeding by which a person is tried and punished mf§ff‘“"°‘ "°"°" ‘* for the commission of a crime is known in this Actas a criminal action. Sec. 5. That in acriminal action in the District of Alaska the United ,1cQ;fi°¤'·°¤*=¤‘*¤*¤¤l States i the plaintiff and the person prosecuted is the defendant. ` CHAPTER Two. OF THE TIME OF COMMZENCEMENT OF CRIMINAL ACTIONS. Se . 6. cCriminal actions, when commenced. Sec. 6. That criminal action must be commenced within the periods wEtgg2g·;1m:;;;d¤¤•. prescribed in the laws of the United States now in force or that may be ` hereinafter enacted. CHAPTER THREE. OF THE JURISDICTION AND PLACE OF CRIMINAL ACTIONS. _ see. 7§?c\Vhe·n crime commenced without, but 9. When conviction or acquittal in consummated within, this District. another jurisdiction is a bar. 8. Murder or manslaughter committed by n means used without the District. E Sec. 7. That when the commission of a crime commenced without mxmr ‘g;i;_¤;g1f¤•{_¤_¤; said District is consummated within its boundaries, the defendant is eepeeametm muh, liable to punishment therefor in said District though he were out of *l¤· ”*¤°¤°*· the District at the time of the commission of the crime charged, provided he consummated it in said District, through the intervention of an innocent or guilty agent, or by any means proceeding directly from h' . elf. - lggo. 8. That when the crime of murder or manslaughter has been lM¤¤i¤r <>r ¤¤_•¤- . . . . . saughter committed committed by means of a mortal wound given, or injury indicted, or by means used waspoison administered without said District, and the person so wounded, ¤¤* nm D¤*=¤=*>·