Mutilating or defacing currency notes

Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on the person accused), mutilates, cuts, tears, or perforates with holes any currency note or in anyway defaces a currency note whether by writing, printing, drawing or stamping thereon, or by attaching or affixing thereto anything in the nature or form of an advertisement shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.