2012 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
134. Miscellaneous trade regulations.
134.36 Telegraph; divulging message; preference in sending, etc.


WI Stat § 134.36 (2012 through Act 45) What's This?

134.36 Telegraph; divulging message; preference in sending, etc. Any officer or other person connected with, or in the business or management of, any telegraph company doing business in this state who shall divulge or communicate any telegraph message or dispatch or the substance or any part thereof, except to the person entitled to receive the same, or who shall give unlawful preference in the sending, transmitting or receiving of telegraph messages or dispatches, or shall willfully fail or neglect to give preference to dispatches or messages in the order of time in which applications are received shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year or by fine not exceeding $500.

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