years. For Robbery fifteen years and subject to parole after three
years. The same penalty for Assault to Murder and subject to parole
after three years. Manslaughter, Mayhem and Bribery were punished by
imprisonment for ten years and subject to parole after two years.
Larceny and Perjury were punished by five years' imprisonment, and
subject to parole after one year. Public officials who embezzled public
funds were committed for Perjury as well as Larceny, and were debarred
from ever holding office. The law provided that in the course of the
trial of any person charged with Felony, if the evidence showed they had
committed a felony, other than the one for which they were being tried,
then the Court could sentence them for the crime that the evidence
showed they had committed, even if there was not sufficient evidence to
convict them of the crime with which they were charged.

Any person found guilty was remanded to the custody of the Governor of
the district to await the decision of the Supreme Court. If they
appealed, and the appeal was not confirmed, they were sent to the
nearest State Prison, of which there are at the present time twenty-five.

No fines were imposed for any crime and no confiscation of property for
any cause.

A Magistrate was elected in every sub-district, according to
population. One for every ten thousand inhabitants, at a salary of three
dollars per day the year 'round, and who tried all persons charged with
Felony, and if proven guilty, committed them to the District Court-but a
charge of Felony could be made before the District Court, and if
probable cause was shown, the case came up for trial. The Magistrate was
authorized by law to release any person charged with a misdemeanor on
probation, or to sentence them from one month to twelve months'