New Franklin Stealing ordinance (§ 210.360)

A. A person commits the offense of stealing if he/she appropriates property or services of another with the purpose to deprive him/her thereof, either without his/her consent or by means of deceit or coercion.

B. Evidence of the following is admissible in any prosecution pursuant to this Section on the issue of the requisite knowledge or belief of the alleged stealer that:

1. He/she failed or refused to pay for property or services of a hotel, restaurant, inn or boarding house;

2. He/she gave in payment for property or services of a hotel, restaurant, inn or boarding house a check or negotiable paper on which payment was refused;

3. He/she left the hotel, restaurant, inn or boarding house with the intent to not pay for property or services;

4. He/she surreptitiously removed or attempted to remove his/her baggage from a hotel, inn or boarding house; or

5. He/she, with intent to cheat or defraud a retailer, possesses, uses, utters, transfers, makes, alters, counterfeits or reproduces a retail sales receipt, price tag or universal price code label or possesses, with intent to cheat or defraud, the device that manufactures fraudulent receipts or universal price code labels.