Any person who rides or attempts to ride on a railroad train of any character and conceals himself from the conductor or train authorities by hiding under the train, or on top of the train, or in box cars, on tenders, or elsewhere, for the purpose of avoiding the payment of fare or of stealing a ride thereon, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ga. L. 1897, p. 116, §§ 1, 2; Penal Code 1910, § 717; Code 1933, § 18-9912.)