It is unlawful for any person maintaining or conducting the business of pawnbroker,
secondhand jewelry dealer, or secondhand dealer, or any agent or employee thereof,
to purchase or take any goods or articles or thing offered to him by any person less
than 18 years of age, or knowingly purchase or take any such things from any servant
or apprentice without first ascertaining that such article or thing is the property
of the person delivering the same, or that such servant or apprentice has the authority
from the owner to deliver or sell such property.
