Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-04-22
AN ACT
To Prevent Fraudulent Practices.

AN ACT
To Prevent Fraudulent Practices.
SEC. /. Be IL enacted By the General .4aenl-
bly, Of the Stale of Ohio, That if any person shall
execute and deliver, or shall cause or
procure to be executed and delivered TO
any person, any false or fictitious bill of
lading, receipt, schedule, invoice, or
other witten instrument, to the purport
or effect that any goods, wares or mer-
chandize, had been or were held, de-
livered, received, placed or deposited,
on board of any steam boat or water
craft, navigating the waters in or bor-
dering upon the state Of Ohio, when
such goods, wares and merchandise
were not held, or had not in fact and in
good faith been delivered, received or
deposited on board of such steam boat
or other watercraft, when such bill OF
lading, receipt, invoice, schedule or
written instrument was made and deliv-
cred according TO the purport and effect
of such bill of lading, receipt, invoice,
schedule or written instrument, with in
tent TO injure, deceive, or defraud any
person whomsoever, or if any person
shall endorse, assign, transfer or put off.
or shall attempt to endorse, assign,
transfer or put off, any such false or
fictitious bill of lading, receipt, invoice,
schedule, or other written instrument,
knowing the same TO be false, fraudu-
lent or fictitious, the person so offend
ing shall be deemed gully of misde-
meanor. and on conviction thereof, shall
be imprisoned in the penitentiary, and
kept at hard labor, for a term not ex-
ceeding four years, nor less than one
year.
Sec. 2. If any person shall execute
and deliver, or shall cause or procure
to be executed and delivered to any
other person, any false and fictitious
warehouse receipt, acknowledgment
or other instrument of writing, to the
purport and effect that such person, or
any person or persons copartnership.
firm, body polite or corporate. which
he or she represents, or pretends TO rep
resent, held or had received in store, or
held or had received in any warehouse,
or in any other place, or held or had re-
ceived into possession, custody or con-
troll, of such person or persons, copart.
nership, 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, ac-
cording 10 the purport and effect of such
warehouse receipt, receipt acknowledge
ment, or instrument of writing, with in
tent TO defraud, deceive, or injure any
person whomsOever, or if any person
shall endorse, assign, transfer or deliv
er, or shall attempt to endorse, transfer
and deliver to any other person any
such false and fictitious warehouse re-
.eipt, receipt acknowledgment, or instru-
nent of writing, knowing the same TO
,e false fraudulent, or fictitious, such
'erson shall be deemed guilt, of mis-
lemeanor, and on conviction thereof, |
hall be punished by Imprisonment in
ne penitentiary, and kept at hard labor,
or a term not more than three years,
Tor less than one year.
Sec. 8. That If any persons or per
ions, or the agent of any person or per-
ons. having in his or their possession,
custody or control, any goods. wares or
merchandise, by virtue Of any genuine
instrument of writing, of the purport or
fleet of any such instrument of wri-
ing as mentioned in the first or second
ections of this act, shall, without au.
hority, and with intent to injure or de-
raud the rightful owner thereof, sell,
ssign, transfer or cucumber such goods,
Vares or merchandise, or any part there.
II, to the value of fifty dollars or up
Yards, or shall in any way convert the
anne to his own use, or if the consien.
n or consigners or the agent of such
onsignor or consigners of any goods.
1ares or merchandise, not being the
bsolute'owner thereof, and not having
uthoritv to stop, countermand oI
hange the consignment thereof, or not
aving authority to sell or encumber !
le same during the transit, shall, after I
le shipment thereof on board any
or afser the deposiie thereof {
j or upon any vehicle for land carriage, I
] any way stop, countermand or change
le consignment thereof, or shall sell,
ispose of or cucumber such goods,
ares or merchandise, during their tran
I or after their delivery, or shall in
ny way conveE: the same, or any part \
Iereof, TO his or her own use, to the r
alue of fifty dollars or upwards, so
lat the rightful owner thereof shall