No person licensed as a pawnbroker shall take or receive any bond or pledge for money loaned, or shall take or receive or purchase within the line of his business as a pawnbroker any property, bonds, notes securities, articles or thing whatsoever from any minor or the ownership of which is claimed by any minor, or which may be in the possession or under the control of any minor or a person appearing to be intoxicated, a person known to be a notorious thief, or a person known to have been convicted of larceny or burglary. (1957 Code Sec. 563.05)