nature of deodands, or in a case of suicide, or where a person flees from jutice, are abolished. Derivation: Penal Code, § 710. People v. Hawker (1897), 14 App. Div. 188, 43 N. Y. Supp. 516, rev'd 152 N. Y. 234, aff'd 170 U. S. 189. § 513. Innkeepers and carriers refusing to receive guests and passengers. A person, who, either on his own account or as agent or officer of a corporation, carries on business as innkeeper, or as common carrier of passengers, and refuses, without just cause or excuse, to receive and entertain any guest, or to receive and carry any passenger, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Derivation: Penal Code, § 381. People v. Drum (1908), 127 App. Div. 242. § 514. Protecting civil and public rights. A person who: 1. Excludes a citizen of this state, by reason of race, color or previous condition of servitude, from the equal enjoyment of any accommodation, facility or privilege furnished by innkeepers or common carriers, or by owners, managers or lessees of theatres or other places of amusement, or by teachers and officers of common schools and public institutions of learning, or by cemetery associations; or, 2. Denies or aids or incites another to deny to any other person because of race, creed or color, full enjoyment of any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of any hotel, inn, tavern, restaurant, public conveyance on land or water, theatre or other place of public resort or amusement, Is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. Derivation: Penal Code, § 383, as amended L. 1893, ch. 692, § 1. People v. King (1886), 110 N. Y. 420, 1 L. R. A. 293, 6 Am. St. Rep. 389, aff 'g 42 Hun, 186; Stay v. Du Bois (1893), 74 Hun, 134, 26 N. Y. Supp. 240; Cremore v. Huber (1897), 18 App. Div. 231, 45 N. Y. Supp. 947; People ex rel. Cisco v. Schoel Board (1899), 161 N. Y. 598, 48 L. R. A. 113, aff'g 44 App. Div. 469, 61 N. Y. Supp. 330; Burks v. Bosso (1903), 81 App. Div. 530, 81 N. Y. Supp. 384; People ex rel. Burnham v. Flynn (1907), 189 N. Y. 180, 21 N. Y. Cr. 451, 114 App. Div. 578, 100 N. Y. Supp. 31, rev'g 49 Misc. 328, 99 N. Y. Supp. 198. § 515. Discrimination against person or class in price for ad mission. If a person who owns, occupies, manages or controls a building, park, inclosure or other place, opens the same to the public generally at stated periods or otherwise, he shall not discriminate against any person or class of persons in the price charged for admission thereto. A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. Derivation: Penal Code, § 383a, added L. 1899, ch. 724, § 1. § 516. Return of photographs of prisoners after unsuccessful prosecution of criminal action. Upon the determination of a criminal action or proceeding against a person, in favor of such person, every photograph of such person and photographic plate or proof taken or made of such person while such action or proce ding is pending by direction or authority of any police officer, peace officer or any member of any police department, and all duplicates and copies thereof shall be returned on demand to such person by the police officer, peace officer or member of any police department having any such photograph, photographic plate or proof, copy or duplicate in his possession or under his control; and such police officer, peace officer or member of any police department failing to comply with the requirements hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Derivation: Penal Code, § 379a, added L. 1907, ch. 626, § 1. People ex rel. Gow v. Bingham (1907), 57 Misc. 66, 107 N. Y. Supp. 1011, 21 N. Y. Cr. 566. 517. Discrimination against United States uniform. A person who excludes from the equal enjoyment of any accommodation, facility or privilege furnished by innkeepers or common carriers, or by owners, managers or lessees of theatres or other places of amusement or resort, any person lawfully wearing the uniform of the army, navy, marine corps or revenue cutter service of the United States, because of that uniform, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Added by L. 1911, ch. 410, in effect Sept. 1, 1911.) ARTICLE 48. COERCION. SECTION 530. Coercing another person a misdemeanor. 531. Coercion by employers. 532. Compelling woman to marry. 533. No conviction on certain testimony. § 530. Coercing another person a misdemeanor. A person who with a view to compel another person to do or to abstain from doing an act which such other person has a legal right to do or to abstain from doing, wrongfully and unlawfully, 1. Uses violence or inflicts injury upon such other person or his family, or a member thereof, or upon his property or threatens such violence or injury; or, 2. Deprives any such person of any tool, implement or clothing or hinders him in the use thereof; or, 3. Uses or attempts the intimidation of such person by threats or force, Is guilty of a misdemeanor. Derivation: Penal Code, § 653, as amended L. 1882, ch. 384, § 1. People v. Lenhardt (1886), 4 N. Y. Cr. 317; see also People v. Crotty, 9 N. Y. Supp. 938. § 531. Coercion by employers. Any person or employer of labor, and any person of any corporation on behalf of such corporation, who shall hereafter coerce or compel any person, employee, laborer or mechanic, to enter into an agreement, either written or verbal from such person, employee, laborer or mechanic, not to join or become a member of any labor organization, as a condition of such person securing employment, or continuing in the employment of any such person, employer or corporation, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. The penalty for such misdemeanor shall be imprisoned in a penal institution for not more than six months, or by a fine of not, more than two hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Derivation: Penal Code, § 171a, added L. 1887, ch. 688, § 1. People v. Marcus (1906), 185 N. Y. 257, aff'g 110 App. Div. 225, 255, 256, 262, 97 N. Y. Supp. 322. § 532. Compelling woman to marry. A person who by force, menace or duress, compels a woman against her will to marry him, or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, is punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by both. Derivation: Penal Code, § 281, as amended L. 1892, ch. 662, § 11. § 533. No conviction on certain testimony. No conviction can be had for compulsory marriage upon the testimony of the female compelled, unsupported by other evidence. Derivation: Part of Penal Code, § 283, as amended L. 1886, ch. 663, § 1. For remainder of section, see Penal Law, §§ 71, 2013. ! ARTICLE 50. COMMUNICATION. SECTION 550. Sending letter, when deemed complete. 552. Divulging contents of telegraphic or telephonic messages. § 550. Sending letter, when deemed complete. In the various cases, in which the sending of a letter is made criminal by this chapter, the offense is deemed complete from the time when such letter is deposited in any post-office or other place, or delivered to any person, with intent that it shall be for warded. And the party may be indicted and tried in any county wherein such letter is so deposited or delivered, or in which it is received by the person to whom it is addressed. Derivation: Penal Code, § 683. 551. Sending threatening letters. A person who, knowing the contents thereof, sends, delivers, or in any manner causes to be sent or received any letter or other writing threatening to do any unlawful injury to the person or property of another, or any person who shall knowingly send or deliver or shall make and for the purpose of being delivered or sent, shall part with the possession of any letter, postal card or writing with or without a name subscribed thereto or signed with a fictitious name or with any letter, mark or other designation, with intent thereby to cause annoyance to any person, is guilty of misdemeanor. Derivation: Penal Code, § 559, as amended L. 1891, ch. 120, § 1. Foley v. Xavier (1905), 104 App. Div. 1, 2, 93 N. Y. Supp. 289; People v. Wickes (1906), 112 App. Div. 39, 98 N. Y. Supp. 163; Biggs v. People, 8 Barb. 547; People v. Cadman, 57 Cal. 562; see also Hartnett v. Plumbers' Supplies Assn., 169 Mass. 229; People v. Loveless, 29 N. Y. L. J. 365, 84 N. Y. Supp. 1115. § 552. Divulging contents of telegraphic or telephonic mes sages. A person who: 1. Wrongfully obtains, or attempts to obtain, any knowledge of a telegraphic or a telephonic message by connivance with a clerk, |