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CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, ETC. [ART. 72.

1867, c 386
Conviction not
to prevent
remedy at law
or in equity.

62. Nothing in these sections contained, nor any proceeding,
conviction, or judgment to be had or taken thereupon against
any banker, broker, merchant, factor, attorney, or other agent,
as aforesaid, shall prevent, lessen, or impeach, any remedy at law,
or in equity, which any party aggrieved, by any such offence,
might or would have had if these sections had not been passed,
but nevertheless, the conviction of any such offender shall not be
received in evidence in any action at law or suit in equity against
him, and no banker, broker, merchant, factor, attorney, or other
agent, as aforesaid, shall be liable to be convicted by any evidence
whatever as an offender against these sections in respect of any
act done by him, if he shall, at any time previous to his being in-
dicted for such offence, have disclosed such act on oath, in conse-
quence of any compulsory process of any court of law or equity in
any action, suit, or proceeding which shall have been bona fide in-
stituted by any party aggrieved.

REHYPOTHECATION.

1878 c. 172
Rehypotheca-
tion.

63. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons, bank, build-
ing association, or corporation to repledge or rehypothecate any
stocks, bonds, or other security or securities, the title to which
passes by delivery or indorsement, received or held by him or them
as security for any money lent or advanced to the owner or holder
of such stocks, bonds, or other securities, during the continuance of
the contract of pledge or hypothecation, without the consent of the
pledger, and every person or officer of such bank, building associa-
tion, or corporation, who shall so repledge or rehypothecate such
stocks, bonds, or other securities so received or held, without the
consent of the said pledger so given as aforesaid, shall be guilty of

Punishment

a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay
a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thou-
sand dollars, or to imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more
than five years, or to both, in the discretion of the court.

COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY.

Art 30, s 24
1799, c 75 ,
1809 c 138, s 6
Counterfeiting
or forging of
deed, will, or
other instru-
ment, or aiding
or assisting in
same
2 G & J 246 ,
3 G. & J 219

64. Any person who shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or
cause, or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or
willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, altering, or coun-
terfeiting any deed, will, testament, or codicil, bond, writing obli-
gatory, bill of exchange, promissory note for the payment of money
or property, indorsement or assignment of any bond, writing obliga-
tory, bill of exchange, acquittance, or receipt for money or property,
or any acquittance or receipt either for money or property, with in-
tention to defraud any person whomsoever, or shall utter or publish
as true, any false, forged, altered, or counterfeited deed, will, testa-
ment, or codicil, bond, writing obligatory, bill of exchange, promis-
sory note for the payment of money or property, or indorsement or