Sec. 511.
Attempt to wreck railroad trains or endanger safety of passengers—Any person who shall place upon any railroad any timber, stone, iron or other obstruction, or who shall change any switch or track, or who shall loosen or displace any rail of the track of such railroad, or who shall change the brakes upon any car or cars standing on any railroad track in this state or who shall break down or displace, destroy or injure any bridge, culvert or embankment of any railroad, or do any other act with intent to endanger the safety of any person traveling or being upon such railroad, or to throw from such railroad any locomotive, tender, or car moving along the track of such railroad, on which shall be any person or property liable to be injured thereby, shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years.
History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.511 Former Law: See section 1 of Act 164 of 1869, being CL 1871, § 7619; How., § 9200; CL 1897, § 11623; CL 1915, § 15388; CL 1929, § 17024; Act 168 of 1871; section 1 of Act 171 of 1897, being CL 1897, § 11634; CL 1915, § 15399; and CL 1929, § 17034.
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