N.Y. General Business Law § 270: Unlawful detention of milk cans

§ 270. Unlawful detention of milk cans. No person shall, without the

consent of the owner or shipper, or his agent, use, sell, dispose of,

buy or traffic in any can, irrespective of its condition, or the use to

which it may have been applied, belonging to any dealer in or shipper of

milk or cream in this state or which may be shipped to any town, village

or city in the state, which can has the name or initials of such owner,

dealer or shipper stamped, marked or fastened thereupon, or wilfully

mar, erase or change by re-marking or otherwise such name or initials.

If any person, without the consent of such owner, dealer or shipper,

or his agent, uses, sells, disposes of, buys, traffics in or has in his

possession or under his control any such can, it shall be presumptive

evidence that such use, sale, disposal, purchase, traffic or possession

is unlawful.

Any such owner, dealer or shipper, or his agent, may take possession

of any can used in violation of this article wherever found, and if

filled or partly filled with milk or cream, and the person in whose

possession it is found does not, when requested, immediately empty the

same, such owner, dealer or shipper, or his agent, may empty the same

into the street or elsewhere, and shall not be liable for damages for

any act done pursuant to the provisions of this article.