Marvin Mandel, Governor                         591

§ 142. Obtaining money, etc., by bad check or by means of credit
card, etc.

Every person who, with intent to cheat and defraud another, shall
obtain money, credit, goods, services, release from any debt or obliga-
tion for services, or for materials or labor in the construction or repair
of any building or buildings, wares or anything of value, five hundred
dollars or more, 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 ac-
ceptance, or by means of a credit card or purported credit authoriza-
tion which he is not authorized to present and use for such purpose,
and the same be not paid upon presentation, shall be deemed to have
obtained such money, credit, goods, services, release, wares, or things
of value by means of a false pretense, and upon conviction, shall be
fined or imprisoned, or both, as provided in § 140 of this article, at
the discretion of the court. Where the value of such money, credit,
goods, services, release, wares, or anything of value is less than five
hundred dollars, such person, upon conviction, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and fined not more than five hundred dollars or
imprisoned for not more than eighteen months in the house of cor-
rection or jail, or both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the
court [and the trial magistrates and judges of the courts of limited
jurisdiction acting with the authority heretofore vested in the trial
magistrates of the counties shall have concurrent jurisdiction over
such offense with the circuit courts of the counties]. The giving of
the aforesaid worthless check, draft or negotiable instrument, or of
the credit card or purported credit authorization, 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 or the acceptor of the credit card or
purported credit authorization within ten days thereafter funds suf-
ficient to meet the same, with all costs and interest which may have
accrued he shall not be prosecuted under this section, and no prose-
cution either by presentment, indictment or otherwise, shall be in-
stituted or commenced until after the expiration of said period of ten
days, fin Baltimore City, where the amount of money or the value of
the thing received does not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), the
Municipal Court of Baltimore City shall have jurisdiction to try per-
sons charged with violating this section, provided that persons so
convicted in the Municipal Court shall not be sentenced to the
penitentiary by that court.]

§ 144. Obtaining money, etc., by check or other negotiable instru-
ment with intent to stop payment.

Every person who shall obtain money, credit, goods, wares or any-
thing of value, of the value of one hundred dollars or more, from an-
other 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,