§ 750.361Larceny or maliciously removing journal bearings or brasses

Sec. 361.
     Larceny or maliciously removing journal bearings or brasses—Any person who shall steal
 or maliciously remove, take, change, add to, take from or in any manner interfere with any
 journal bearings or brasses or any parts or attachments of any locomotive, tender or car, or any
 fixture or attachment belonging to, connecting with or used by any railway, railroad or
 transportation company in this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by
 imprisonment in the state prison for not less than 1 year nor more than 2 years: Provided, That
 if the stealing or removal of such journal bearings or brasses, or any parts or attachments of
 any locomotive, tender or car, or any fixture or attachment belonging to, connected with, or
 used on any locomotive, tender or car as aforesaid shall be the cause of wrecking any train,
 locomotive or other car in this state, whereby the life of any person or persons shall be lost as
 a result of the felonious or malicious stealing, nothing in this section shall be construed as
 preventing prosecution for such crime.
     Possession of any journal bearings or brasses or any parts or attachments of any
 locomotive, tender or car, or any fixture or attachment belonging to, connected with, or used in
 operating any locomotive, tender or car owned, leased or used by any railroad, railway or
 transportation company in this state, without the authority of the railroad company owning or
 leasing the same, shall be prima facie evidence that the same has been stolen or maliciously
 taken or removed by the person in whose possession the same is found or proved to have been.