Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XL. Crimes and Punishments § 438.220.Transmission of false or fraudulent communications over telegraph or telephone lines; delay of messages

Any person who knowingly transmits on or through any telegraph or telephone line in the state, any false communication or intelligence with intention to injure any other person or to speculate on any article of merchandise, commerce or trade, or with intent that another may do so; or any agent, officer or manager of a telegraph or telephone line who, from corrupt or improper motives or willful negligence, withholds the transmission or delivery of messages or intelligence, for which the customary charges have been paid or tendered, shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).