S.C. Code Ann. § 41-23-40
Whoever shall enter into a contract to lease to another any lands in this State or work any lands on shares of crops and shall, without just excuse and with intent to cheat and defraud the lessee or laborer, withhold from him the peaceable entry, possession, use and occupation of such lands shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in the sum of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for a period of not less than fifteen days nor more than thirty days.