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§ 139-a. Keeping  wrecked goods a misdemeanor. A person who takes away  goods or other property not his own from a stranded vessel, or any goods  or other property cast by the sea upon the land or found  in  a  bay  or  creek,  or  who  knowingly  becomes possessed of any such goods or other  property, and does  not  deliver  the  same,  within  forty-eight  hours  thereafter,  to  the  sheriff or one of the coroners or wreck masters of  the county where the same was found, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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§ 139-a. Keeping  wrecked goods a misdemeanor. A person who takes away  goods or other property not his own from a stranded vessel, or any goods  or other property cast by the sea upon the land or found  in  a  bay  or  creek,  or  who  knowingly  becomes possessed of any such goods or other  property, and does  not  deliver  the  same,  within  forty-eight  hours  thereafter,  to  the  sheriff or one of the coroners or wreck masters of  the county where the same was found, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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§ 139-a. Keeping  wrecked goods a misdemeanor. A person who takes away  goods or other property not his own from a stranded vessel, or any goods  or other property cast by the sea upon the land or found  in  a  bay  or  creek,  or  who  knowingly  becomes possessed of any such goods or other  property, and does  not  deliver  the  same,  within  forty-eight  hours  thereafter,  to  the  sheriff or one of the coroners or wreck masters of  the county where the same was found, is guilty of a misdemeanor.