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Of favouring Desertion
Desertion, what Desertion Desertion is where a man being inlisted as
a soldier or a sailor in the service mong the forces maintained by authority of the state
voluntarily quits the service before the lawful time thereof is expired.
For the punishment of deserters See the Army and
the Navy Laws.
Punishment for assisting or favouring persuading or favouring a desertion. Any one who knowing a man to be a Soldier engaged
or a sailor in the service as a soldier or a sailor
voluntarily and without excuse assists him in deserting shall be punished
as if he had stolen a sum equal to the
greatest sum value (a) of his service.
2 So, if without excuse (b) he be knowingly instrumental in screening him from
detection or pursuit.
1 So if he endeavour to induce him to desert
[(a) Value] The value of the deserter's service is to be
deemed equal to the greatest bounty money sum that has
been offer'd by the state in the way of bounty money within half a year within ten months preceding
the offence for persons enlisting in that branch
of the service in from which he deserted.
Excuses. near relationship [(b) Excuse] Excuses are if the offender be Husband or Wife parent
or other progenitor, child or other descendant, brother
or sister half brother or half sister of the deserter: or uncle or aunt, or
nephew or niece ever so many degrees removed
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