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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 849

not more than eighteen months in the house of correction or
jail, or both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the
court. 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 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.]

[143.

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 fifty dollars ($50.00).]

[144.

Every person who shall obtain money, credit, goods,
wares or anything of value, of the value of one hundred
dollars or more, 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 § 140 of this article, at the
discretion of the court. Where the value of such money,
credit, goods, wares or anything of value is less than one
hundred dollars, such person, upon conviction, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than fifty
dollars or imprisoned for not more than eighteen months in
the house of correction or jail, or both fined and
imprisoned in the discretion of the court. And upon the
trial of any person accused of violation of this section,
the fact that such person without the consent of such other
to stop or countermand the countermanded payment of such
instrument, 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.]

[145.

When any person shall be convicted of any statutory
felony or misdemeanor, for the false or fraudulent obtention