South Carolina Statutes
§ 22-3-590 — Obtaining property under false pretenses.
South Carolina·Title 22 MAGISTRATES AND CONSTABLES·Ch. 3 JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE IN MAGISTRATES' COURTS
Magistrates shall have jurisdiction of the offenses of obtaining property by any false pretense, by any privy or false token or by any game, device, sleight of hand, pretensions to fortunetelling, trick or other means by the use of cards or other implements or instruments, when they would have jurisdiction of a larceny of the same property and may punish such offenses the same as larceny.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 43-67; 1952 Code SECTION 43-67; 1942 Code SECTION 928; 1932 Code SECTION 928; Cr. P. '22 SECTION 24; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 26; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 18; G. S. 828; R. S. 17; 1870 (14) 403. ARTICLE 7 Criminal Procedure Generally
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