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.
(Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 16; Code 1933, § 5-9903.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 34.
C.J.S.- 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, § 173.