Triplett v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Winston county. Hon. G-uion Q. Hall, Judge. Triplett, appellant, was defendant in the court below; being convicted there of violating § 1058, code 1892, as amended by laws 1900, p. 140, he appealed to the supreme court. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the court. The court below should have sustained the demurrer to the affidavit. It charges no ofíense.
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From the circuit court of Winston county. Hon. G-uion Q. Hall, Judge. Triplett, appellant, was defendant in the court below; being convicted there of violating § 1058, code 1892, as amended by laws 1900, p. 140, he appealed to the supreme court. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the court. The court below should have sustained the demurrer to the affidavit. It charges no ofíense. It is fatally defective. 1. It does not charge that the acts complained of was without the consent of the employer. 2. It does not charge that the persons interferred with were renters or laborers. 3. It…
1Opinion of the CourtOalhoon, J.
The affidavit in this case, made before a justice of the peace, is based on ch. 102 of the laws of 1900, which provides: “That § 1068 of the code of 1892 be amended so as to read as follows: “If any person shall willfully interfere with, entice away, knowingly employ, or induce a laborer or renter who has contracted with another for a specific time to leave his employer or the leased premises, before the expiration of his contract without the consent of the employer or landlord, he shall, upon conviction, be fined,” etc. The original affidavit is this: “Personally appeared before me,” etc.…
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