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agency, or who shall cause or procure any person, firm, corporation, asso-
ciation, mercantile or rating agency to publish or furnish to any third
person any rating or credit obtained by any false pretence made to such
person, firm, corporation, association, mercantile or rating agency, and
who shall obtain from any third person any goods, wares, merchandise,
credit or anything of value upon the credit or rating obtained, procured,
published or furnished as aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and shall be punished as provided in Section 139 of Article 27
of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

An. Code, sec. 123. 1914, ch. 281. 1920, ch. 605, sec. 123.

141. Every person who, with intent to cheat and defraud another,
shall obtain money, credit, goods, wares or anything of value by means
of a check, draft or any other negotiable instrument of any kind drawn,
whether by such person or by any other person, persons, firm or corpora-
tion, upon any bank, person, firm or corporation, not indebted to drawer,
or where the drawer or drawers thereof, shall not have provided for the
payment or acceptance, and the same be not paid upon representation,
shall be deemed to have obtained such money, credit, goods or things of
value by means of a false pretense, and upon conviction, shall be fined or
imprisoned, or both, as provided in Section 139 of this Article, at the dis-
cretion of the Court. The giving of the aforesaid worthless check, draft
or negotiable instrument shall be prima facie evidence of intent to cheat
or defraud," provided that if such person shall deposit with the drawee
of such paper within ten days thereafter funds sufficient to meet the same,
with all costs and interest which may have accrued, he shall not be prose-
cuted under this section, and no prosecution either by presentment, in-
dictment or otherwise, shall be instituted or commenced until after the
expiration of said period of ten days.

This section referred to in contruing sec. 139—see notes thereto. Armacost v.
State, 133 Md. 290.

1920, ch. 605, sec. 123A.

142. Every person who shall obtain money, credit, goods, wares or
anything of value from another by means of a check, draft or any other
negotiable instrument of any kind, with intent at the time of giving such
instrument without the consent of such other to stop or countermand the
payment of the same or otherwise to cause the drawee thereof to disregard
or dishonor or refuse to recognize such instrument, shall be deemed to have
obtained such money, credit, goods, wares, or other thing of value with
intent to cheat and defraud another and upon conviction, shall be fined or
imprisoned or both, as provided in Section 139 of this Article, at the
discretion of the Court. And upon the trial of any person accused of vio-
lation of this section, the fact that such person without the consent of such
other to stop or countermand the countermanded payment of such instru-
ment, or otherwise caused the drawee to disregard or dishonor the same
without returning or tendering the return of the thing so obtained shall
be presumptive evidence of such intent to cheat and defraud.