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498 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27.
P. G. L., (1860,) art. 80, sec. 135. 1805, ch. 83, sec. 1.
109. If any person shall mix, or cause to be mixed, any corn
meal or other flour with wheat flour, for the purpose of selling or
otherwise disposing of the same as wheat flour, or shall send the
same out of the State for the purpose, or with the intent of
selling or otherwise disposing of it, he, on conviction thereof,
shall forfeit and pay for each and every such offence, a sum not
less than two hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand
dollars, one-half to the informer and the other half to the State.
And in case such offender shall be unable to pay the same, he
shall suffer not less than three nor more than twelve months
imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Ibid. sec. 136. 1805, ch. 82, sec. 2.
110. It shall be the duty of every justice of the peace before
whom any information may be lodged, and proof mode, of any
violation of the preceding section, to issue his warrant to any
constable of the county in which the same shall be committed,
commanding him to bring such offender before him, or any other
justice of the peace for said county, who shall recognize him in
the sum of two thousand dollars, with good and sufficient
security—or in case of neglect or refusal, then to commit such
offender to prison, to take his trial at the next term of the circuit
court for the county.
Fraud by Mortgagors of Personal Property.
1884. ch. 202. 1888, ch. 193
111. Any mortgagor of personal property in possession of the
same, or any execution debtor in possession of personal property
levied on and taken in execution, who, in the case of mortgaged
personal property without the consent of the mortgagee or his as-
signs first had and obtained in writing, or who, in the case of per-
sonal property levied on and taken in execution without the con-
sent of the execution creditor or his assigns or lawfully authorized
agent first had and obtained in writing, and with intent to defraud
the mortgagee or his assigns, and to defeat his or their lien under
said mortgage, or with intent to defraud the execution creditor or
his assigns, and defeat his or their lien under said execution, shall
remove any of the personal property so mortgaged or levied on
and taken in execution as aforesaid, as the case may be, beyond
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