A person who with intent to defraud issues, or aids in issuing, a non-negotiable bill without the words "not negotiable" placed plainly upon the face thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108, § 48