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Most of those who take books return them to the stacks directly. Others choose to send the stolen volumes through the mail anonymously which is a greater misdemeanor than the original larceny, since the government requires by law that all parcels have return addresses...
...does not prevent Arsene Lupin from helping himself to bonds, jewels and expensive pictures. Presently Lupin's signed depredations occur at the suburban chateau of one Gourney-Martin, where Charmerace also happens to be staying. After this he steals the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, a misdemeanor which causes his identity to be revealed...
...crime of libeling the dead has a curious history. It was made a misdemeanor in English common law, not chiefly out of reverence toward the departed but as a deterrent to breaches of the peace. The theory: that vilification of the deceased would, if it reflected upon his living family, incite the latter to assault the offender. Subsequently the law was interpreted in a broader sense, to protect the family against reflected defamation whether or not the family was prompted to avenge itself by violence...
...Board of Governors of Maryland's Howard County Hunt last week ruled that members of the club "cannot chase foxes while under the influence of liquor," that liquor drinking, while hunting, was a misdemeanor punishable by suspension. Said President T. Stockton Matthews: "This is not advanced ... in restraint of personal privileges but simply means ... a spirit of good sportsmanship...
...court, which he has not yet served, might run concurrently with the felony sentences, so that Snorkey would not have to serve more than eleven years; but, in case a higher court overruled his sentence on the three felony counts, thereby cutting ten years from the sentences, the two misdemeanor sentences and the sentence for contempt must be served consecutively. Thus Judge Wilkerson made as sure as possible that Snorkey spend at least two-and-a-half years in jail...