1907 N.H. Laws 142
Abstract
An Act Relating to the Committing of Burglary with Explosives, ch. 146, §§ 1-4: Provided that any person who breaks and enters a building with gunpowder, nitroglycerine, dynamite, or other explosives and commits burglary will be deemed guilty of burglary with explosives
Summary
This act creates the offense of burglary with explosives, imposing enhanced prison sentences for burglaries committed using explosives, with harsher penalties when the burglary occurs at night or in an occupied building.
Law Text
Section 1. That any person who, with intent to commit burglary, breaks and enters in the night-time any building in which there is a human being, and commits a burglary by the use of nitro-glycerine, dynamite, gunpowder or any other explosive, shall be deemed guilty of burglary with explosives, and any person convicted of such offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison at hard labor for a period of not less than twenty years and not more than thirty years.
Sect. 2. That any person who, with intent to commit burglary, breaks and enters in the daytime any building in which there is a human being, and commits a burglary by the use of nitro-glycerine, dynamite, gunpowder or any other explosive, shall be deemed guilty of burglary with explosives, and any person convicted of such offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison at hard labor for a period of not less than fifteen years and not more than thirty years.
Sect. 3. That any person who, with intent to commit burglary, breaks and enters in the night-time any building in which there is no human being, and commits a burglary by the use of nitro-glycerine, dynamite, gunpowder or any other explosive, shall be deemed guilty of burglary with explosives, and any person convicted of such offense, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison at hard labor for a period of not less than ten years and not more than thirty years.
Sect. 4. That any person who, with intent to commit burglary, breaks and enters in the daytime any building in which there is no human being, and commits a burglary by the use of nitro-glycerine, dynamite, gunpowder or any other explosive, shall be deemed guilty of burglary with explosives, and any person convicted of such offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison at hard labor for a period of not less than five years and not more than thirty years.
Sect. 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with its provisions are hereby repealed.
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Categories
USE OF EXPLOSIVES WHILE COMMITTING A CRIME