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A. Every person who makes or mends or causes to be made or mended, or has in his possession in the day or nighttime, any engine, machine, tool, false key, pick lock, bit, nippers, or implement adapted, designed or commonly used for the commission of burglary, larceny, or other crime, under circumstances evincing an intent to use, employ, or allow the same to be used or employed in the commission of a crime, or knowing that the same is intended to be so used, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

B. The possession of such tools, except by a mechanic, artificer or tradesman at and in his established shop or place of business, open to public view, is prima facie evidence that such possession was had with intent to use or employ or allow the same to be used or employed in the commission of a crime. (Ord. 628, 1976)