Show NEW YORKS new penal code which has just gone into effectseems to be one of the best codes ever adopted Among its provisions are these intoxication cannot be pleaded in defense crime bribery of a state official is punishable by ten Sears in the penitentiary and S5000 fine jurors accepting bribes must go to prison bribery of a witness wit-ness a felony attempts at suicide punishable by two years imprisonment imprison-ment and a fine of 31000 j abandonment abandon-ment by parents of children nndtr six years of age punishable by seven years imprisonmant There are many such wise provisions and the range of penalties is much higher than inmostcodes |