Whoever shall be lawfully convicted of wilfully and knowingly marking, branding or disfiguring any horse, mare, gelding, filly, ass, mule, bull, cow, steer, ox or calf of any other person shall, for each and every such animal which he shall be convicted of marking, branding or disfiguring as aforesaid, be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or both, in the discretion of the court. In case such offender shall afterwards repeat the same or commit a like offense, on conviction thereof he shall be liable to a fine of two hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both, in the discretion of the court, for each animal by him so marked, branded or disfigured.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-301; 1952 Code Section 6-301; 1942 Code Section 1186; 1932 Code Section 1186; Cr. C. '22 Section 77; Cr. C. '12 Section 226; Cr. C. '02 Section 173; G. S. 2503; R. S. 168; 1789 (5) 139; 1892 (21) 115.