69-29-9 - Branding, misbranding or mismarking cattle or swine with intent to defraud; penalty. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 69-29-9. Branding, misbranding or mismarking cattle or swine with intent to defraud; penalty.
 

Any person who shall, with intent to defraud, brand or mis-brand, mark or mismark any neat cattle or swine not his own; or any person who shall intentionally brand over a previous brand or in any manner alter, deface or obliterate a previous brand or earmark, or shall cut out and obliterate a previous brand or earmark on any neat cattle or swine, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary not less than six months nor more than one year. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 2025; Laws,  1936, ch. 294.