30-7-701. Penalty for issuing receipt when goods have not been delivered. A warehouseman or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman who issues or aids in issuing a receipt knowing that the goods for which such receipt is issued have not been actually received by such warehouseman, or are not under his actual control at the time of issuing such receipt, shall be guilty of a crime and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or by both.

     History: En. Sec. 50, Ch. 154, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 4128, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4128, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 88-150.