Sec. 19-23. Defrauding hotels, boardinghouses, etc.[319]
No person shall put up at a hotel, motel or boardinghouse or
obtain food from a restaurant or other eating house and,
without having an express agreement for credit, procure food,
entertainment or accommodation without paying therefor and
with intent to cheat or defraud the owner or keeper of such
hotel, motel, boardinghouse, restaurant or other eating house
out of the pay for same; or with intent to cheat or defraud
such owner or keeper out of the pay therefor, obtain credit at a
hotel, motel, boardinghouse, restaurant or other eating house for
such food, entertainment or accommodation by means of any false
show of baggage or effects brought thereto; or, with such intent,
obtain credit at a hotel, motel, boardinghouse, restaurant or
other eating house for such food, entertainment or accommodation
through any misrepresentation or false statement; or,
with such intent, remove or cause to be removed any baggage
or effects from a hotel, motel, boardinghouse, restaurant or
other eating house while there is a lien existing thereon for the
proper charges due from him for fare and board furnished therein.
(Code 1959, § 19-23.)
