§21-1541.1.

§21-1541.1.
   
   Every person who, with intent to cheat and defraud, shall obtain or
   attempt to obtain from any person, firm or corporation any money,
   property or valuable thing, of a value less than Fifty Dollars
   ($50.00), by means or by use of any trick or deception, or false or
   fraudulent representation or statement or pretense, or by any other
   means or instruments or device commonly called the "confidence game",
   or by means or use of any false or bogus checks, or by any other
   written or printed or engraved instrument or spurious coin, shall be
   guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished
   by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by
   imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by
   both such fine and imprisonment.