Section 4-59-401 - Issuance of receipt for goods not received or controlled

A warehouseman or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a receipt, knowing that the goods for which the receipt is issued have not been actually received by the warehouseman or are not under his actual control at the time of issuing the receipt, shall be guilty of a crime and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both.Acts 1915, No. 273, § 50; C. & M. Dig., § 10394; Pope's Dig., § 14462; A.S.A. 1947, § 68-1250.