Any person using, operating, driving, injuring, or tampering with a motor vehicle within the corporate limits of the city without the permission of the owner of such motor vehicle shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction before the municipal judge shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment in the city jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Code 1964, § 12.410)