South Carolina § 16-11-350 - Train robbery by stopping train.
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§ 16-11-350. Train robbery by stopping train.
Any person or persons who (a) may stop, cause to be stopped, impede or cause to be impeded any locomotive engine or any car on any railroad in this State by force or threats or by intimidation of those in charge thereof or otherwise for the purpose of taking therefrom or causing to be delivered up to such persons or person anything of value to be appropriated to his or their own use or (b) may conspire together so to do shall be guilty of train robbery and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by confinement in the Penitentiary not less than two years nor more than twenty years.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 16-334; 1952 Code SECTION 16-334; 1942 Code SECTION 1151; 1932 Code SECTION 1151; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 45; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 192; 1902 (23) 1095.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 16-11-350 ("Train robbery by stopping train.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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