After the filing, noting and indexing of such process in the office of the county clerk, as aforesaid, if any person or persons, including the defendant or defendants in such process, shall sell, drive away, dispose of or kill or butcher any of said livestock so levied upon, or shall attempt to sell, drive away, dispose of, kill, or butcher, any of said livestock, or shall gather or round up any of said stock with intent in any way to defeat the levy of said writ, he or they, shall be deemed guilty of grand larceny, and on conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than two hundred dollars [($200)], nor more than one thousand dollars [($1,000)], or to imprisonment for not less than one year, or more than two years, in the discretion of the jury trying the case.
History: Laws 1889, ch. 54, § 3; C.L. 1897, § 3134; Code 1915, § 4535; C.S. 1929, § 106-106; 1941 Comp., § 21-403; 1953 Comp., § 24-4-3.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For larceny generally, see 30-16-1 NMSA 1978.