State v. Griffith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information for loaning money and charging interest therefor in excess of fifteen per cent per annum, and for taking notes for amounts greater than those loaned, in violation of chapter 238 of the Public Acts of 1907, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Burpee, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
Section 1 of chapter 238 of the Public Acts of 1907, p. 838, forbids any person, or the agent of any person, with certain named exceptions, from directly or indirectly loaning money at a greater rate of interest than fifteen per cent per annum. Section 2 forbids any person, with intent to evade the provisions of § 1, from accepting a note for a greater 'amount than that actually loaned. Section 4 prescribes that any person violating any of the provisions of §§ 1 or 2 shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months, or fined not more than $1,000, or both. Section 5 provides that…
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