Pennsylvania Statutes Title 52 P.S. Mines and Mining § 652. Removal of ticket showing who has loaded coal-car a misdemeanor; penalty

Any person who wilfully shall, from any loaded coal-car in or about any mines, breaker, or yard, in this commonwealth, take, remove, sever, carry away, obliterate, or destroy any ticket, card, tin-slip, or other device or sign, used to indicate or identify the person or persons to whom credit or pay is or shall be due for the mining of coal in said car, or for the loading of said car, for the purpose of depriving such person or persons from getting credit or pay for said car, or for the purpose of defrauding such person in any manner, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and, upon conviction therefor, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or to undergo an imprisonment not exceeding one year, or either or both, at the discretion of the court; and the jury trying the case may infer such intent from the fact of taking, removing, carrying away, serving, obliterating, or destroying, in any manner, of such tickets, card, tin-slip, or other device or sign, as aforesaid.