2500                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                                Ch. 849

containing the option shall not be for a period of longer
than six months and who fraudulently converts the same to
his own use shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor 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 sixty days or both fined and imprisoned. The
failure to return to the possession of, or to account for
said goods or things with, the person who delivered the
goods and things at the time or in the manner described in
said written contract or written lease shall be prima facie
evidence of intent to fraudulently convert; provided that if
such person is a bona fide resident of the State of Maryland
and returns to the possession of, or accounts for said goods
or things with, the person who delivered the same prior to
the expiration of ten days after a written demand for the
return of said goods or things has been mailed by certified
or registered United States mail, return receipt requested,
addressed to the person who was so entrusted at his address
which is last known to the person who delivered the said
goods and things, such person who was so entrusted 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. In Baltimore City the Municipal Court of
Baltimore City shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine
alleged offenses under this section. ]

[Receiving Stolen Goods, Money or Securities]

[466.

Every person who shall be convicted of the crime of
receiving any stolen money, goods, or chattels, to the value
of one hundred dollars or upwards, knowing the same to be
stolen, or of the crime of receiving any bond, bill
obligatory, bill of exchange, promissory note for the
payment of money, bank note, paper bill of credit or
certificate granted by or under the authority of this State,
or the United States, or any of them, to the value of one
hundred dollars or upwards, knowing the same to be stolen,
shall restore such money, goods, or chattels or thing taken
and received to the owner thereof, or make restitution to
the value of the whole or such part thereof as shall not be
restored, and is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction is
subject to imprisonment for not more than ten years. And
such receiver may be prosecuted and punished, although the
principal offender or offenders shall not have been
convicted, and although such receiver shall have received
such money, goods or chattels or things from a person other
than the person by whom such money, goods or chattels or
things shall have been stolen. ]

[467.

(a) Every person convicted of the crime of receiving
any stolen money, goods or chattels, under the value of