Sec. 41-52. Inducing carrier to issue bill when goods have not been received.
Sec. 41-52. Inducing carrier to issue bill when goods have not been received.
Any person who, with intent to defraud, secures the issue, by a carrier, of a bill, knowing
that any or all of the goods described in such bill as received for transportation have
not, at the time of such issue, been received by such carrier, or an agent of such carrier,
or a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control, by inducing an officer,
agent or servant of such carrier falsely to believe that such goods have been received
by such carrier or are under its control, shall, for each offense, be fined not more than
five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 6615.)