Chap. 61.—An ACT prescribing the punishment for abducting, kidnapping or
unlawfully aiding in the escape of the inmates of any of the public hospitals
of this State.

Approved February 20, 1908.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That any person
who shall abduct, kidnap, or unlawfully aid in the abduction or kidnap-
ping, or escape of any inmate of any of the hospitals for the insane, or
of any inmate of the deaf, dumb and blind hospitals of this State, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convietion thereof, shall be
fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, or impris-
oned not less than one nor more than six months, or both, at the discretion
of the court.