Kruse v. Kennett

Section 130 of the Criminal Code of this State is as follows :

“ Whoever contracts to have or give to himself or another the option to sell or buy at a future time, any grain, or other commodity, stock of any railroad or other company, or gold, or forestalls the market by spreading false rumors to influence the price of commodities therein, or corners the market, or attempts to do so in relation to any of such commodities, shall be fined not less than $10 or more than $1,00.1, or confined in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both; and all contracts made in violation of this section…