484 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27,

have embezzled any amount of coin or notes circulating as money,
although the particular species of coin or notes circulating as,
money, of which such amount was composed, shall not be proved-

1862, ch 114.

76. If any person engaged in transporting coal, iron, lumber
or other articles of merchandise, or any property whatever, on any
highway, river, railroad or canal, within this State, shall sell, dis-
pose of, give away, use or pledge the same or any part thereof,
without the consent of the owner or owners thereof, such person
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a fine not less than fifty nor more
than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail
of the county in which the offence is committed, for a term not
more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at
the discretion of the court.

Ibid.

77. If any person shall purchase or fraudulently receive, with-
out the consent of the owner or owners of such property, any coal,
iron, lumber or other articles of merchandise, or any property
whatever, consigned to any person in this State, or any other
State, or the District of Columbia, knowing the same to be so
consigned, from any captain of a canal boat, or any other person
engaged in transporting the said property, such purchaser shall
be liable to pay such owner or owners double the vaiue of the
property so purchased, to be recovered by civil action, before any
justice of the peace, or in any court having jurisdiction thereof;
and the said action may be brought in the name of either the
consignor or consignee.

1884, ch. 499.

78. If any person employed in the management or navigation
of any vessel on any river, canal, bay or other waters exclusively
within this State, in any capacity whatever, shall sell, give away,
pledge or in any manner dispose of the cargo thereof, belonging
to the owner or owners of such vessel or vessels, or any article or
commodity thereon, without the consent of the owner or owners
thereof, with intent to defraud the owner or owners, or any of
them, or, if having sold the same, or any part thereof, with such.