69-29-5 - Prohibition as to altering or defacing of brands or marks without owner's consent.
§ 69-29-5. Prohibition as to altering or defacing of brands or marks without owner's consent.
If any person shall knowingly alter or deface the brand or mark of any animal, intended to designate ownership, the property of another, without his consent, and with intent to deprive the owner of his property, he shall, on conviction, suffer the penalty provided in Section 69-29-3.
Sources: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 7 (15); 1857, ch. 64, art. 31; 1871, § 2509; 1880, § 2724; 1892, § 978; 1906, § 1054; Hemingway's 1917, § 782; 1930, § 798; 1942, § 2023.