New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-14
The MOck.AuctiOn Law.


AN ACT-To punish gross frauds and suppress Mock
THE PeoDlc IF he State of Mar. York. rep,ese,ted w
Senate and assembly, do enact rs tolio~S:
SIC l. Whereas failure of Justice frequently arises
from the subtle distinction between larceny and fraud and
whereas certain eyildisp0sed persons, especially IN ING
City of New York, by means OF certain fraudulent ana
deceitiu practices known as Mock Auctions most iradl
lently obtain great sums of money from unwary persons
their great mpOyershmentt being no law to pnsh
said offences.
SIC . Each and every person who shall through or BY
means of the aore recited dcceul and fraudulent Pac'
tees or by of any other gross fraud or cheat az
common law, desgnedly or with intent to deifaud, oonh
from any other person any money or any goods W@ot
merchandise, other property, or shall OBTAIN WIN SUCH
intent the signature of any person to any written '1u
ment the false making whereof would be puni.hAos 40
forgery shall conviction be punishable by lmpr'on
ment in the State Prison for not more than three years o
in the County Jail not exceeding one year or Oy nne nv
exceeding one thousand dollars. or By both slch me l
Imprisonment provided always that upon tlle u Is
any person, indicted for such fraud 1t shan Dc Pro'eu
he obtained the property money question n@Ny SUN
manner to amount IN law TO larceny ne 1il ~, ~
reason thereof be entitled to any acqgal ana 10 PIs'
tried for such fraud shall be liable to be afterwards pO'T
clted for larceny upon the same facts. ~ -
SIC g. ANY person doing business in the my ana oOu
y of New.York as an auctonecr is hereby required OPT
cure from the Mayor OF said City license LOT the 39ns
the aid auconeer is required before receiving shl cn;
to file with the Mayor bond in the sum OF nye "nsr,
dollars 10 be approved by said Mayor and all aucuone
doing business in said City after the passage o ,
required 10 procure said license have the same w.
Sec Upon satisfactory evidence beingproduced eson
the Mayor or any Police Justice OF the Cty ~ h ny
establishing the cOmmttal OF any raud or uecoI' " ia
auconeer the clerk, partner, agent or ds'sne - sny
same by which any person Is deirauded OF cne e. ba
goods wares merchandise or money me sau "a sne.
have power 10 annul and cancel the license " ns,
toueer-and provided the said auconeer ms ss
accent or assignee shall attempt TO do business a.
tonecr after the annung and cancelng OF siu 49, A..
aid Navor he or they shall be subject 10 PuiiL az
| H.
| So = All laws conflicting with any oi the Pro'H"~
herein contained. are hereby u peliou, I:.l
SIC D. This act shall take effect ihii''
rzyDr Albert Koch, the Hydrurchus and zeus"&gs y,
man. has GOT hold of another INDUSTRIOUS sAee'Vn'
writes thus about III ,.:.; % Tho zo,Jolon st
| ~ ~rine,s was informed by Col. Gratiat, OF a
i ,bot during recent rise on the Upper kcd hi's,
| bo received Information that the fossil ponss tr
nno,ous reptile had been found in Hampstead og'.S ~
Al 7 Immediately started for that section ~
I'm ,. and found on the plantation Of Col JONI :,
Cnno1 of the said county and State, the 0eJec' 4,
IN search Of by which gentleman parts were iIu .n,
- The remains of the animal in question 49, w.,
IND in ccetaceOus formation, and are, "hat sr
found of them in most perfect state OF PfeSe' hioar
A. FAR as MY knowledge extends, these bones vI
o. Dost colossal reptile of the n0ndescrlPt specNa ~,
10 Sanrsn or Lizard of Old The vetebre have
ooronce of those of a large sizedeephant the
P i l. remarkably small, the teeth very lucn -.
taned wire shaped and bent backwards and prove n.
'T 20 have been OF a calniyerOus nature. lhe.e
baPdly any analogy observable between this c s'tss
and The Zeugodon, which belongs to more ''''
epoch Of tie world"
~ On Thursday, the 7th inst, the body Of hlSi
u;.n,or farmer of Augusta, Oneida Co. was founi
in sclcolhou about mile and half from % , ,
ino Mr. Uinman had been an inteInper"e mA '
pesr for the past month"; i !, ,sd he k had f
beeniree rom OF apprehension their SAFETY
GG .acrs liquor nearer home he procafsas Sss
n. Gs,ne The Monday preceding his death he s
durIhs , supply When the body was found n's
&C. Sre by lis side two being empty, the third nnh III
uG Tte Questions arise who killed Mr. H. How lon7
,nansaaghter be iegaii:eai iow long shall ON ~ ssu,<
be- permitted to put the poisonous cup 10 the lips
with IMMUNITY!