California § 173. 173. (Enacted 1872.)

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§ 173. — 173. (Enacted 1872.)

California § 173.

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Part 1.TITLE 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE

Ch. 7.CHAPTER 7. Other Offenses Against Public Justice

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Every Captain, Master of a vessel, or other person, who willfully imports, brings, or sends, or causes or procures to be brought or sent, into this State, any person who is a foreign convict of any crime which, if committed within this State, would be punishable therein (treason and misprision of treason excepted), or who is delivered or sent to him from any prison or place of confinement in any place without this State, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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Every Captain, Master of a vessel, or other person, who willfully imports, brings, or sends, or causes or procures to be brought or sent, into this State, any person who is a foreign convict of any crime which, if committed within this State, would be punishable therein (treason and misprision of treason excepted), or who is delivered or sent to him from any prison or place of confinement in any place without this State, is guilty of a misdemeanor.