V. Offenses Against Property

Chapter 9.28
DEFRAUDING MERCHANTS AND INNKEEPERS

Sections:

9.28.010    Defrauding merchants.

9.28.020    Frauds on innkeepers.

9.28.030    Violation—Penalty.

9.28.010 Defrauding merchants.

Every person who obtains any groceries, goods, merchandise or food in any restaurant, grocery store, market, or business establishment without paying therefor, with intent to defraud the proprietor or manager thereof, or obtains credit for such items, by color or aid of any false pretense, representation, token or writing, is guilty of the crime of defrauding a merchant. (Ord. 146 § 1, 1970)

9.28.020 Frauds on innkeepers.

Every person who obtains food, lodging or accommodation at any hotel, restaurant, boardinghouse or lodginghouse without paying therefor, with intent to defraud the proprietor or manager thereof, or who obtains credit at a hotel, restaurant, boardinghouse or lodginghouse by color or aid of any false pretense, representation, token or writing, or who after obtaining board, lodging or accommodation at a hotel, restaurant, boardinghouse, or lodginghouse, absconds or surreptitiously removes his baggage therefrom without paying for such food, lodging or accommodation, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 148 § 1, 1970)

9.28.030 Violation—Penalty.

Anyone convicted of violating BGMC 9.28.010 or 9.28.020 shall be punished by a jail sentence of not to exceed thirty days, or by a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars, or by both such fine and jail sentence. (Ord. 148 § 2, 1970)