South Carolina § 54-9-10 Harboring deserting seamen or enticing them to desert.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 54-9-10 — Harboring deserting seamen or enticing them to desert.

South Carolina § 54-9-10

Title 54PORTS AND MARITIME MATTERS

Ch. 9OFFENSES RELATING TO SEAMEN

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 54-9-10 (2026).

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Any person who shall be convicted of harboring deserting seamen or of inveigling or procuring them to desert any service for which they have engaged or disregard any article into which they have entered shall be held guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon trial and conviction, shall be punished by fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the judge, not to exceed three hundred dollars' fine and three months' imprisonment. Upon a second conviction the person so offending, if the keeper of a public or lodging house for seamen, in addition to the penalty before provided, shall forfeit his license.

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Any person who shall be convicted of harboring deserting seamen or of inveigling or procuring them to desert any service for which they have engaged or disregard any article into which they have entered shall be held guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon trial and conviction, shall be punished by fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the judge, not to exceed three hundred dollars' fine and three months' imprisonment. Upon a second conviction the person so offending, if the keeper of a public or lodging house for seamen, in addition to the penalty before provided, shall forfeit his license.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 54-352; 1952 Code SECTION 54-352; 1942 Code SECTION 1926; 1932 Code SECTION 1926; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 909; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 899; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 613; G. S. 1651; R. S. 495; 1695 (2) 119; 1836 (6) 557.