Rucker v. State

The defendant, Wylie Rucker, was convicted of the offense of a misdemeanor, under the Penal Code, §122. It is alleged in the indictment that the defendant enticed, persuaded, and decoyed one George Smith, who was under a verbal contract as a farm laborer, to leave his employer, after he had actually entered the service of such employer, by offering to pay said Smith higher wages. The evidence on behalf of the State showed that George Smith was under a verbal contract, made about the 10th of May, 1904, by which he was to work for the prosecutor until Christmas, for $7 a month and his board. He…