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aue-mark upon it, or to fill such bottle, siphon, barrel, vessel or other thing in violation of section three hundred and sixty-nine, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 371. Search for bottles.-Whenever a registered owner of a trade-mark, or his agent, makes oath before a magistrate that he has reason to believe and does believe, stating the grounds of his belief, that a bottle, siphon, barrel, vessel or other thing to which is affixed a trade-mark belonging to him is being used or filled, or has been sold or offered for sale, by any person whomsoever, in violation of the preceding sections, then the magistrate may issue a search warrant to discover the thing and cause the person having it in possession to be brought before him and may thereupon inquire into the circumstances, and if on examination he finds that such person has been guilty of the offense charged, he may hold the offender to bail to await the action of the grand jury,

§ 372. Defacing marks upon wrecked property.A person who defaces or obliterates the marks upon wrecked property, or in any manner disguises the appearance thereof, with intent to prevent the owner from discovering its identity, or who destroys or suppresses any invoice, bill of lading or other document tending to show the ownership thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Baker v. Hoag, 7 N. Y. 555.

§ 373. Defacing marks on logs, etc.-A person who unlawfully cuts out, alters or defaces any mark made upon any log or lumber, whether such mark be recorded or not, or puts a false mark upon any log or lumber floating in any of the waters of this state or lying upon land, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

ug w sizes a marriage when either of the parties is known to him to be under the age of legal consent, or to be an idiot or an insane person, or a marriage to which, within his knowledge, a legal impediment exists, is guilty of a misdemeanor

See § 301, supra.

§ 377. Unlawful confinement of idiots, insane persons, etc.-A person, who confines an idiot, lunatic or insane person, in any other manner or in any other place than as authorized by law, and a person guilty of harsh, cruel or unkind treatment of, or any neglect of duty towards, any idiot, lunatic or insane person under confinement, whether lawfully or unlawfully confined, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

See § 223, sub. 6, supra.

§ 378. Taking usury.-A person who directly or indirectly receives any interest, discount, or consideration upon the loan or forbearance of money, goods or things in action, greater than is allowed by statute, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 379. Reconfining persons discharged upon writ.A person, who either solely, or as a member of a court,

son, who he has reason to believe wrongfully intenus use the trade-mark upon it, or to fill such bottle, aphon, barrel, vessel or other thing in violation of section three hundred and sixty-nine, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 371. Search for bottles.-Whenever a registered owner of a trade-mark, or his agent, makes oath before a magistrate that he has reason to believe and does believe, stating the grounds of his belief, that a bottle, siphon, barrel, vessel or other thing to which is affixed a trade-mark belonging to him is being used or filled, or has been sold or offered for sale, by any person whomsoever, in violation of the preceding sections, then the magistrate may issue a search warrant to discover the thing and cause the person having it in possession to be brought before him and may thereupon inquire into the circumstances, and if on examination he finds that such person has been guilty of the offense charged, he may hold the offender to bail to await the action of the grand jury,

and the offender shall also be liable to an action on the case for damages for such wrongful use of such trade-mark at the suit of the owner thereof, and the party aggrieved shall also have his remedy according to the course of equity to enjoin the wrongful use of his trade-mark, and to recover compensation therefor in any court having jurisdiction over the person guilty of such wrongful use.

§ 374. Officer unlawfully detaining wrecked property. An officer, whose duties pertain in any way to wrecked property, who, without authority of law, detains such property or the proceeds thereof, after the salvage and expenses chargeable thereon have been paid or offered to him, or who is guilty of any fraud, embezzlement or extortion in the discharge of such duties, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 375. Fraud in affairs of limited partnership.-A member of a limited partnership, who is guilty of any fraud in the affairs of the partnership, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 376. Solemnizing unlawful marriages.—A minister, or magistrate, who solemnizes a marriage when either of the parties is known to him to be under the age of legal consent, or to be an idiot or an insane person, or a marriage to which, within his knowledge, a legal impediment exists, is guilty of a misdemeanor

See § 301, supra.

§ 377. Unlawful confinement of idiots, insane persons, etc.-A person, who confines an idiot, lunatic or insane person, in any other manner or in any other place than as authorized by law, and a person guilty of harsh, cruel or unkind treatment of, or any neglect of duty towards, any idiot, lunatic or insane person under confinement, whether lawfully or unlawfully confined, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

See § 223, sub. 6, supra.

§ 378. Taking usury.—A person who directly or indirectly receives any interest, discount, or consideration upon the loan or forbearance of money, goods or things in action, greater than is allowed by statute, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 379. Reconfining persons discharged upon writ.— A person, who either solely, or as a member of a court,

or in the execution of a judgment, order or process, knowingly recommits, imprisons or restrains of his liberty, for the same cause, any person who has been discharged from imprisonment upon a writ of habeas corpus, or certiorari, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both; and in addition to the punishment prescribed therefor, he forfeits to the party aggrieved, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars to be recovered in a civil action.

§ 380. Concealing persons entitled to writ of deliverance.-A person having in his custody or power or under his restraint, one who would be entitled to a writ of habeas corpus or certiorari, or for whose relief a writ of habeas corpus or certiorari has been issued, who, with intent to elude the service of such writ, or to avoid the effect thereof, transfers the party to the custody, or places him under the power or control of another, or conceals or changes the place of his confinement, or who without lawful excuse refuses to produce him, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as prescribed in the last section.

Rising v. Dodge, 2 Duer, 42.

§ 381. Innkeepers and carriers refusing to receive guests and passengers.-A person, who, either on his own account or as agent or officer of a corporation, carries on business as innkeeper, or as common carrier of passengers, and refuses, without just cause or excuse, to receive and entertain any guest, or to receive and carry any passenger, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

See 383, post.

§ 382. Frauds on hotel-keepers.-A person who obtains any food or accommodation at an inn, without paying therefor, with intent to defraud the proprietor or manager thereof, or who obtains credit at an inn by the use of any false pretense, or who, after obtaining credit or accommodation at an inn, absconds and surreptitiously removes his baggage therefrom, without paying for his food and accommodation, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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