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House, or any other place of confinement, in this State, shall escape, and
if any keeper, deputy, assistant keeper or other person shall aid or assist
in the escape of any offender or person detained and confined, as aforesaid,
he shall, on conviction thereof by the Criminal Court of Baltimore or by
the Circuit Court of the County in which the escape takes place, be sen-
tenced to such confinement in the Penitentiary, or Jail, or House of Cor-
rection, as the Court may adjudge, for not more than ten years.

False Pretenses.

139.

Indictment and conviction under this section of obtaining money under false
pretenses sustained. Deibert v. State, 150 Md. 689.

The offenses of obtaining money by false pretenses and larceny may be Joined.
Upon conviction for false pretenses, court competent to impose sentence for
three years. Simmons v. State, 165 Md. 166, 170.

Secs. 139-147 cited in sustaining indictment under art. 27, sec 170. State v.
Coblentz, 167 Md.. 729.

147.

Secs. 139-147 cited in sustaining indictment under art. 27, sec. 170. State v.
Coblentz, 167 Md. 529.

Fire Apparatus—Sale of.

1929, ch. 409.

149A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or asso-

ciation to sell or offer for sale for use in the State of Maryland any hydrant
or fire engines for fire protection purposes unless the same shall be fitted
and equipped with the standard thread for fire hose couplings and hydrant
fittings designated as the National Standard, which is seven and one-half
(7 1/2) threads per inch, as the same has been adopted by the National
Board of Fire Underwriters and is hereby designated as the standard for
such equipment in the State of Maryland. Any such person, firm, corpo-
ration or association who shall violate the provisions of this section, upon

conviction thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than

one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment in the county jail in the
county in which the misdemeanor is committed for not less than ten days
nor more than sixty days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the dis-

cretion of the Court. Justices of Peace shall have concurrent jurisdiction
with the Circuit Courts over prosecutions for violations of this section.

Fire—False Alarm.

1931, ch 219.

149B. It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to give or cause
to be given any false alarm of fire by means of the telegraph box con-

nected with any fire alarm telegraph or by means of telephone or telegraph
system, or by any other means or method. Any person violating the pro-