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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-4-78. Penalty for false affidavit as to lien on cotton.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-4-78. Penalty for false affidavit as to lien on cotton.

Should any party required by Code Section 10-4-76 to make an affidavit as to an adverse lien, title, or claim to cotton offered to a warehouseman for storage make a false affidavit, he shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for not less than three years nor more than ten years.

## History

Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 20; Code 1933, § 5-9906.