O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 10-4-80 (2019)
Penalties for issuing receipt for cotton not in warehouse
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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The manager of any warehouse, or agent, employee, or servant, who issues or aids in issuing a receipt for cotton, knowing that such cotton has not been actually placed in the warehouse under the control of the manager thereof, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of not less than one nor more than five years, or by a fine not exceeding $5,000.00.
History
Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 16; Code 1933, § 5-9903.
Annotations
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 34. C.J.S. 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, § 162.