The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 051 : Gambling and Lotteries
Subchapter 004 : STOCK GAMBLING
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 2172)-
§ 2172. Evidence
If stocks or bonds are in any manner quoted in such places, or the word “corporation,” “association,” or “company,” or an abbreviation thereof, used therein and therewith, it shall be prima facie evidence that such stocks or bonds are the stocks or bonds of then going corporations. If such stocks or bonds, or such petroleum, cotton, grain, provisions, pork, or other produce are not actually received when purchased or actually delivered when sold, it shall be prima facie evidence that:
(1) such property was sold or purchased without any intention of receiving it or paying for or delivering it;
(2) such property was bought or sold on margins; and
(3) the parties buying or offering to buy or selling such property did not intend actually to receive or deliver the same.
