Mo. Rev. Stat. § 417.270

Whoever fills with a liquid any vessel so marked or distinguished as aforesaid, the description of which has been filed and published as provided in section 417.250, with intent to sell the said liquid in the said vessel, or sells, buys, gives, takes, uses or otherwise disposes of or traffics in any said vessel or any part thereof, without the written consent of, or unless the same has been purchased from, the person whose name is in or upon the vessel so filled, trafficked in, or otherwise used or disposed of, shall, on conviction, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than fifty cents nor more than five dollars for each such vessel, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.