AN ACT to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence. [Approved March 27, 1874. In force July 1, 1874.) DIVISION I. 1. OF FEMALE.] § 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Whoever entices or takes away any unmarried female of a chaste life and conversation from the parents' house, or wherever she may be found, for the purpose of prostitution or concubinage, and whoever aids and assists in such abduction for such purpose, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years. 2. OF CHILD.] § 2. Whoever unlawfully takes or decoys away any child under the age of twelve years, with intent to detain or conceal such child from its parents, guardian or other person having the lawful charge of such child, shall be confined in the county jail not exceeding one year, or fined not exceeding $2,000, or both, in the discretion of the court: Provided, this section shall not apply to any one who, in good faith, interferes to protect the child from abuse or cruel treatment. ABORTION. 3. PRODUCING.] § 3. Whoever, by means of any instrument, medicine, drug or other means whatever, causes any woman, pregnant with child, to abort or miscarry, or attempts to procure or produce an abortion or miscarriage, unless the same were done as necessary for the preservation of the mother's life, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than ten years; or if the death of the mother results therefrom, the person procuring or causing the abortion or miscarriage shall be guilty of murder. [R. S. 1845, p. 158, § 46; L. 1867, p. 89, § 1, 2, 3. 4. ECBOLIC, OR ABORTIFACIENT DRUGS.] § 4. If any druggist, dealer in medicine, or other person, sells to any person any drug or medicine, known or presumed to be ecbolic or abortifacient, except upon the written prescription of some well known and respectable practicing physician, or keeps on hand, or advertises or exposes for sale, or sells any pills, powders, drugs or combination of drugs designed especially for the use of females, without keeping the certificate as required in the next succeeding section, he shall for each offense be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500, or be confined in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or both: Provided, this section shall not be construed to apply to compounds known as "Officinal." [L. 1871–2, p. 369. 5. CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.] § 5. Before any pills, powders, drugs or combination of drugs designed expressly for the use of females, shall be kept or ex |