Section 161. Bills of lading; penalty for altering


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  • A person guilty of
      altering with intent to defraud, any original bill of lading  issued  by
      the  person,  firm  or  corporation by whom the coal was loaded into the
      vessel in which such coal is transported to any city  of  the  first  or
      second  class,  in this state, or of uttering any such bill of lading so
      altered, or who  is  guilty  of  making,  preparing  or  subscribing  or
      uttering  a  false  or  fraudulent  manifest,  invoice or bill of lading
      thereof, or removing any part of such cargo of coal without  having  the
      amount  thereof certified to in writing on such original bill of lading,
      by the person, firm or corporation receiving the coal so removed, and by
      the captain of the  vessel  containing  such  cargo,  is  punishable  by
      imprisonment  in a state prison, not exceeding three years, or by a fine
      not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both, and  the  delivery  of  any
      fraudulent  bill of lading to any purchaser of coal shall be presumptive
      evidence of uttering the same with criminal intent.