Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-05-10
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5 To Prevent Fraudulent Practices. II
Sec. |. Be il enacted by the General
Assembly of the State Of OHIO, Tha,
if any person shall execute and deliver, or
shall cause or procure to be executed and
delivered TO any person, any false orficti.
tions bill ofladmg receipt, schedule, invoice,
or osher written instrument, to, the pdrpor,
or effect that any goods, wares or merchnn,
die, had been or were hold, delivered, re.
ceived, placed Of deposited, on board Of any
steam boa, or watsrcraft, navigating the
waters in or bordering upon the State of
Ohio, when such goods, wares and mer.
chandize. were moi held ,sor had NOT insfac,
and 10 good faith been delivered, received
or deposited on board Of such steam boat Or
other uatercrafi, when such bill Of iading,
receipt, invoice, schedule or written instru.
ment was made and delivered, according 10
,he purport and effect Of such bill Of iading,
receipt, invoice, schedule or written instru-
ment, with intent 10 injure, deceive. or 6e.
fraud any person whomsoever, or il any
person shall endorse. assign, transfer, or
put off !, any such false 5or fictitious bill Of
lading, receipt, invoice, schedule, or other
written instrument, knowing ihe same 10 be
false, FRAUDULENT or fictitious, the person so
offending shall be deemed guilty Of mis-
demeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall
be imprisoned in the peniientinry, and kept
nj hard labor, for a term tot exceeding four
years, nor less than one year.
Sec. 2. Ifany person shall execute and
deliver, or shufl cause or procure 10 be ex.
ecuted and delivered to any oihef person,
any false and fctitious. ware house receipt
acknowledgement, or other ins.rumen, Of
writing, to the, pufport and effect that such
person, OF any person or persons, copart,
nership. firm, body polite or corporate;
which he or she, represents, or pre,ends to
represent, held or had received in store, or
held or had received in any warehouse, or
any other place, or held or had received
into possession, custody or control, of such
person Or persons, copaftnership, firm, or
body polite, any goods, wares or merchan-
dize, whom such goods. wares or merchan-
die were mol held or had not been received
in good faith, according, 10 the purport and
effect of such warehouse receipt. receipt
acknowledgment, or instrument Of writing,
with intent to defraud, deceive, or iniure
any person, whomsoever, or if any person
shall endorse, assign, tranfer or deliver. or
shall attempt to endorse. transfer and deliv.
er to any person any such false and ficti-
tious warehouse receipt, receipt ncknowl-
edgement, or instrument Of writing, knows
ing the same to be false, FRAUDULENT, or fic,i-
tious, such person shall be deemed guilty OF
a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof,
shall be punished by Imprisonment, in the
peni,en,itary, and kept at hard labor, for q
term not more that three years, nor less
than one year.
Sec. 3. That if any person or persons,
or the agent of any person or persons,
having in bis or their possession, custody
or control, any goods, wares or merchan.
die, by virtue Of any genuine instrument,
Of writing, of The purport or effect Of any
such instrument Of wiring as is mentioned
in the first or second sections of this act,
shall, without authority, and with intent TO
injure or defsaud ihe rightful owner thereof,
sell, assign, transfer or cucumber such
goods, wares or merchandise, or any part
thereof, 10 the value Of fifty dollars or up.
wards; or shall in any way convert the
same to his own use, or If the consignor or
consigners or the agent of such consignor
or consigners Of any goods, wares or mer,
not being tho absolute owner
thereof, and not having authority TO stop,
or change the consignment
thereof, or not having authority to sell or
the same during etrensit, shall,
after the shipment thereof on board any
CRATER the depositthereof in or
upon any vehicle for land carriage, 10 any
way stop, couniermand or change The con-
signment thereof, or shall sell, dispose OF or
such goods. wares or merchan.
iize, during their transit or after their de-
livery, or shall in any way convert the
same, or any part thereof. TO his or her
own use, TO the value Of fifty dollnrs or up
wards, SO that the rishtluf owner thereof
shall sustain loss thereby to the yalue of
fifty dollars or upwards, The person so Of
Tending, with intent as aforesaid, shall be
deemede guilty of a misdsmeanor, and on
thereof shall be imprisoned in the
penitentiary, and kept at hard labor, for a
Term no. less than one year, nor more than
four years.
Sec. A. That the ninth and tenth see
lions Of the act entitled an acscto prevent
practices, passed the l2lhaday of
March, 1914, and the first section OF an act
entitled ON &C, to amend the act entitled an
act to prevent FRAUDULENT practices, passed