If any person, with intent to cheat or defraud another, shall obtain any advances in money, provisions, goods, wares or merchandise of any description from any other person or corporation upon and by color of any promise or agreement that the person making the same will begin any work or labor of any description for such person or corporation from whom the advances are obtained, and the person making the promise or agreement shall willfully fail, without a lawful excuse, to commence or complete such work according to contract, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-104
Obtaining advances under promise to work and pay for same
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 173 N.C. App. 228 - State v. Octetree (2005)
Most recently applied in State v. Maier (March 2019)
1889, c. 444; 1891, c. 106; 1905, c. 411; Rev., s. 3431; C.S., s. 4281; 1993, c. 539, s. 42; 1994, Ex
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