Any cotton broker or other person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying cotton, either on his own account or for others, who buys or engages to buy from a planter or commission merchant any cotton and fails or refuses to pay for the same at the time agreed upon and makes away with or disposes of any cotton purchased and not paid for is guilty of fraud and embezzlement and, on conviction, must be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years at the discretion of the jury.
Structure Code of Alabama
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 2-19-5 - Taking of Cotton From Bale Without Consent of Owner, Consignee, Etc.
Section 2-19-6 - Conversion, etc., of Cotton Samples.
Section 2-19-9 - Failure of Purchaser of Cotton to Maintain Record as to Name of Seller, Etc.
Section 2-19-10 - Failure of Cotton Broker, etc., to Pay for Cotton Purchased and Disposed Of.
Section 2-19-11 - Fraudulent Packing or Baling of Cotton.
Section 2-19-12 - Exhibition of False Samples of Cotton, Etc.
Section 2-19-13 - Removal, etc., From State of Cotton Subject to Purchase Money Lien.
Section 2-19-14 - Removal From Bale of Cotton, etc., of Ginner's Tag.
Section 2-19-15 - Ginners to Maintain Registers of Cotton Ginned; Contents and Inspection Thereof.
Section 2-19-16 - Marking, Tagging, etc., of Cotton by Ginners.
Section 2-19-18 - Violation of Laws as to Classification, Stapling or Sampling of Cotton.
Section 2-19-20 - Removal of Cotton From Bale for Sampling.
Section 2-19-22 - Implied Warranty as to Packing of Cotton.
Section 2-19-24 - Liability of Ginneries for Failure to Comply With Provisions of Section 2-19-23.
Section 2-19-25 - Applicability of Provisions of Sections 2-19-23 and 2-19-24.
Section 2-19-26 - Applicability of Laws Relative to Inspection, Suspension From Sale, Seizure, Etc.