State v. Jones
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of Ouachita; J. P. Madison, Judge. Joe Jones was convicted of misdemeanor, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The accused was indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced for a violation of Act No. 54 of 1906, making it a misdemeanor for any person to willfully violate a hire, tenant, or share contract, upon the faith of which money or goods have been advanced, etc.
The accused moved to quash the indictment on the ground that said statute is null and void, because repugnant to the thirteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States, and in contravention of sections 1990 and 5526 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1266, 3715), denouncing the crime of peonage.
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