BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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shall not be necessary to charge in the indictment that the
article or things were attached or affixed to or a part of
the freehold.]

[Larceny — Tobacco Plants]

[352.

If any person shall secretly and feloniously steal,
take and carry away any tobacco plants, while growing and
belonging to any inhabitant of this State, such person, upon
conviction thereof, shall suffer such punishment and undergo
such confinement in the penitentiary as if the said tobacco
plants had been feloniously stolen, taken and carried away
after the same had been severed from the freehold.]

[Larceny After Trust]

[353.

Any person who shall be entrusted with the possession
of goods or things of value for the purpose of applying the
same for the use and benefit of the owner or person who
delivered the goods and things who shall fraudulently
convert the same to his own use, shall, where the value of
the thing so converted is one hundred dollars or more, be
deemed guilty of a felony, and shall restore the goods or
things so converted or pay the full value to the owner
thereof or to the person who delivered the goods and things
and upon conviction be fined not more than one thousand
dollars or imprisoned for not more than five years or both
fined and imprisoned and shall, where the value of the goods
or things so converted is less than one hundred dollars, be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall restore the goods
and things so converted or pay the full value thereof to the
owner thereof or to the person who delivered the goods and
things and upon conviction be fined not more than five
hundred dollars or imprisoned in the house of correction or
jail for not more than one year, or both fined and
imprisoned. Where the value of the goods or things so
converted is less than one hundred dollars, he shall be
prosecuted in the manner prescribed in § 311 of this
article. In Baltimore City, where the value of the goods
converted does not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00),
the Municipal Court of Baltimore City shall have
jurisdiction to try persons charged with violating this
section, provided that persons so convicted in the Municipal
Court shall not be sentenced to the penitentiary by that
court.]

[353A.

Any person who receives physical possession of goods or
things of value under a written contract or written lease
for the purpose of leasing or renting the use of the same
for a valuable consideration notwithstanding any option to
purchase (other than for a nominal consideration) said goods
or things of value provided, however, that the lease