Hotel, Motel, Inn, Restaurant, Cafe; Prima Facie Evidence.

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Sec. 293.

Prima facie evidence—Obtaining such food, lodging or accommodation by false pretense, or by false or fictitious show of baggage or other property, or refusal or neglect to pay therefor on demand, or payment thereof with check, draft or order upon a bank or other depository on which payment was refused, or absconding without paying or offering to pay therefore, or surreptitiously removing or attempting to remove baggage, shall be prima facie evidence of such intent to defraud mentioned in the 2 next preceding sections of this chapter.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 314, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 750.293
Former Law: See section 2 of Act 133 of 1907, being CL 1915, § 6967; CL 1929, § 8799; and section 2 of Act 81 of 1907, being CL 1915, § 6965; and CL 1929, § 8802.


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