720 ILCS 370/ Telephone Coin Box Tampering Act. - Illinois Statutes

(720 ILCS 370/0.01) (from Ch. 134, par. 16.01)     Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Telephone Coin Box Tampering Act. (Source: P.A. 86‑1324.)

(720 ILCS 370/1) (from Ch. 134, par. 16.1)     Sec. 1. Any person who inserts or attempts to insert into the coin box or money receptacle or lock or coin return mechanism of any telephone, or into the material or property appurtenant thereto, any wire, pin, hook, pick, string, cord, paper, cloth, slug, disc, key, or other implement, substance, or object with the intent to defraud the owner of said telephone by obtaining from said telephone, or the material or property appurtenant thereto, a legal tender coin or coins of the United States or who aids, employs or conspires with any person or persons to do or permit or cause to be done any of the acts hereinbefore mentioned, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. (Source: P. A. 77‑2618.)

(720 ILCS 370/2) (from Ch. 134, par. 16.2)     Sec. 2. Proof that any of the acts mentioned in Section 1 hereof was done without the lawful authority of the owner of such telephone shall be prima facie proof of the wrongful intent mentioned in Section 1 hereof. (Source: Laws 1957, p. 222.)