1138 ARTICLE 27

This section held applicable to a slave. Negro Hammond v. State, 14 Md. 148.
For a suit for malicious prosecution growing out of an indictment under this section,
see Stansbury v. Fogle, 37 Md. 369.
As to indictments for false pretenses, see secs. 651, 654 and 655.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 140. 1912, sec. 122A. 1916, ch. 655.

151. Any person who shall by any false pretense obtain a credit or
rating from any person, firm, corporation, association, mercantile or rating
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 pretense 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 150.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 141. 1912, sec. 123. 1914, ch. 281. 1920, ch. 605, sec. 123. 1939, ch. 126.

152. 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 corporation, 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 presentation, 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 150 of this Article, at the discretion 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 be a bona fide resident of the State of
Maryland and 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 prosecuted under this section, and
no prosecution either by presentment, indictment or otherwise, shall be
instituted or commenced until after the expiration of said period of ten

days.

This section referred to in construing sec. 150—see notes thereto. Armacost v. State,
133 Md. 290.

1939, ch. 384.

153. Every person who, with intent to cheat and defraud another,
shall obtain services from such other on a promise of payment of wages
therefor, and shall fail to pay for said services when payment is due and
demanded shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be
fined not more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00).

An. Code, 1924, sec. 142. 1920, ch. 605, sec. 123A.

54. 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