Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-04-22


oned In The PenilehsIary, and kept a. hard
labor, for term not exceeding four years,
nor less ihan one year.
Sac. 2. II any person shall execute and
deliver, Or shall cause or procure TO be exc.
cu.ed and delivered 70 any other person, any
false end fcIisious warehouse receipt, &C.
knowledgement, or other instrument Of wri.
ling, 70 ihe purpoFt and effect iha, such
person or persons, coparineFship, firm, body
polite or corporate, which he or she repre-
sents, or preiends 10 represent, held, or had
received in store, or held OF had received in
any warehouse, or ia any other place, or
held OF had received into possession, custody
or control, of such person or persons, CO.
partnership, firm, or body polite, any goods,
wares or merchandise, when such goods,
wares or merchandise were not held or had
not been received in good faith, according
10 the purport and effect Of such ware
house receipt, acknowledgment, or ins,ru.
ment Of writing, with intent TO defraud, de-
ceire, or injure any person whomsoeyer, or
il any person shall endorse, assign, transfer
or deliver, or shall a.,emp, 10 endorse, trans.
fer and deliver TO any other person any such
false and fictitious warehouse receipt, re-
ceipt acknowledgment, or. instrument oi
writing knowing the same TO be false, fraud
ulen,, or fictitious, such person shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof, shall be punished by i'm.
lprisonmens in the peniienliary, and kept al
hard labor, for torn no, more than three
years, nor less than one year.
SRc. ;. That if any person or persons,
or the agen, Of any person, or persons, hav'
ling 10 his or their possession, custody OF
control, any goods, wares or merchandise,
by virtue Of any genuine instrument Of wri-
ting, Of the purpor or effec. Of any such in
strumen Of writing as is mentioned in the
frs, or second sections Of this act, shall
wilhou, authority, and with in.en. TO injure
or defraud The righ,ful owner thereof, sell
assign, transfer or cucumber such goods,
wares or merchandise, or any part thereof
TO the value Of fifty dollars or upwards, o.
shall in any way conver, The same to hi,
own use, or IL the consignor or consigner
or the agent Of such consignor or consigner
Of any goods, wares or merchandise, no
being the absolute owner thereof, and no
having authority TO stop, countermand o
change the consignment thereof, or no
having authority 10 sell or cucumber III,
same during the transit, shall, after the ship
ment thereof on bonrd any watercraG, o
!, after the deposi, shereof in or upon any We
hicle for land carriage, in any way stop
counternland or change The consignment
. thereof, or shall sell, dispose Of or encumbe
such goods, wares or merchandise, durin
their transit, or after their delivery, or shal
, in any way conver, the same or any par
thereof. 10 his or her own use 10 the value O
fifty dollars or upwards, so tha. .he righIu
owner thereof shall sustain loss thereby I,
I. the value Of fifty dollars or upwards, The pei
son 81 offending, with in,en, as aforesaid
!, shall be deemed guilty Of a misdemeanol
and on conviction thereof shall be iInpris
. oned in the psnilenliary, and kept at har
labur, for term no. less Than one, nor NOR
. than four years.
i SEC. 4. Tha, the ninth and tenth section
Of The act entitled an &C, 10 prevent lraudu
leu. practices, passed The l2.h day of Marcf
1874, and the first section Of an uct to amen
the &C, entitled an act to prevent frauduler
: practices, passed January 3ls,, is4e. b,
. and the same are hereby repealed.
s JAMES c. JOHNSON,
! speaker Of The House OF Reps.
II WILLIAM MEDlLL,
:. t1 President Of the Senate.
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