No person shall be convicted under the provisions of Sections 46-1-60 or 46-1-70 if he can show that the cotton, corn, rice or other products received by him were destroyed by accident, after due diligence on his part, or that he was forcibly deprived of the possession thereof.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-51; 1952 Code Section 3-51; 1942 Code Section 1284; 1932 Code Section 1284; Cr. C. '22 Section 179; Cr. C. '12 Section 459; Cr. C. '02 Section 346; G. S. 2523; R. S. 285; 1877 (16) 250.