(A) No person shall obtain food, lodging or other accommodation in any hotel, motel or inn, or boarding, eating or rooming house or place, or any other lodging place, with the intent to defraud the owner or keeper.
(B) Proof that lodging, food and other accommodations were obtained by false pretense or the fictitious show of any package or other property, or that the person gave a check or negotiable paper on which payment was refused, or that the person left the hotel, motel or inn, or boarding, eating or rooming house or place, or other lodging place, without paying or offering to pay for the food, lodging or other accommodation, or that the person surreptitiously removed or attempted to remove the package or property, or that the person registered under a fictitious name, shall be prima facie proof of attempt to defraud.
(C) No person shall refuse to pay the legal fare of any of the vehicles mentioned in this chapter after having hired the same, and no person shall hire any vehicle with intent to defraud the person from whom it is hired of the value of such service.
(D) This section shall not apply where there has been an agreement in writing for a delay in payment.
(Prior Code, § 10-305) Penalty, see § 134.99