§ 14-108. Obtaining property or services from slot machines, etc., by false coins or tokens. - North Carolina Statutes

§14‑108.  Obtaining property or services from slot machines, etc., byfalse coins or tokens.

Any person who shall operate,or cause to be operated, or who shall attempt to operate, or attempt to causeto be operated any automatic vending machine, slot machine, coin‑boxtelephone or other receptacle designed to receive lawful coin of the UnitedStates of America in connection with the sale, use or enjoyment of property orservice, by means of a slug or any false, counterfeited, mutilated, sweated orforeign coin, or by any means, method, trick or device whatsoever not lawfullyauthorized by the owner, lessee or licensee, of such machine, coin‑boxtelephone or receptacle, or who shall take, obtain or receive from or inconnection with any automatic vending machine, slot machine, coin‑boxtelephone or other receptacle designed to receive lawful coin of the UnitedStates of America in connection with the sale, use or enjoyment of property orservice, any goods, wares, merchandise, gas, electric current, article ofvalue, or the use or enjoyment of any telephone or telegraph facilities orservice, or of any musical instrument, phonograph or other property, withoutdepositing in and surrendering to such machine, coin‑box telephone orreceptacle lawful coin of the United States of America to the amount requiredtherefor by the owner, lessee or licensee of such machine, coin‑boxtelephone or receptacle, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1927,c. 68, s. 1; 1969, c. 1224, s. 3; 1993, c. 539, s. 46, c. 553, s. 8; 1994, Ex.Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)