The term 'felony,' when used in any statute, shall mean any violation of law punished with death or confinement in the penitentiary.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 8 (24); 1857, ch. 64, art. 348; 1871, § 2855; 1880, § 3104; 1892, § 1503; 1906, § 1578; Hemingway's 1917, § 1345; 1930, § 1369; 1942, § 677.
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