Butler v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Accusation of misdemeanor. ■ Before Judge Eve. City court ■of Richmond county. October .24, 1906. The grand jury of Richmond county preferred a special pre•sentment against Butler, charging him with a violation of the .act of December 20, 1898 (Acts of 1898, p. 108), providing for the protection of trade-marlcs. The presentment contained five' counts.
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Accusation of misdemeanor. ■ Before Judge Eve. City court ■of Richmond county. October .24, 1906. The grand jury of Richmond county preferred a special pre•sentment against Butler, charging him with a violation of the .act of December 20, 1898 (Acts of 1898, p. 108), providing for the protection of trade-marlcs. The presentment contained five' counts. The first charged him with counterfeiting the whisky label of H. & H. W. Catherwood, with intent to use the same for the purpose of deceiving the public in the sale of goods. The-second count charged him with counterfeiting the label, with a…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, P. J.
(After stating the facts.) »
In 1893 the General Assembly passed an act entitled “An act for the protection of union labels, trade-marks, and form of advertisement, and providing penalties for counterfeiting the same.” The portions of the act material in the present case are contained in the Penal Code, §252. In Comer v. State, 103 Ga. 69, in a *703decision rendered November 26, 1897, it was held that the act •of 1893 was limited in its operation exclusively to the protection •of labels, trade-marks, and forms of advertisement adopted by associations or unions of workingmen, and that one who made…
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