RS 34:874: Harboring or secreting seamen; penalty

Any person either on shipboard or on shore, other than those enumerated in R.S. 34:868 and 34:869, who harbors or secretes a seaman who has signed shipping articles to proceed on a voyage, or who inveigles or procures such seaman to desert or disregard the articles which he has signed, shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars and imprisoned for not more than three months at the discretion of the court.