State v. Reeves
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Prurifoy, J., Charleston, Fall term, 1917. A. B. Reeves was convicted of carrying on the business of an emigrant agent without having obtained a license therefor, and he appeals. cite: Are the provisions of sections 8pg and 8p6 of the Criminal Code of South Carolina ipi2, constitutional? Constitution of 1895, sec. 1, art. X; 18 S. E. (S. C.) 342; 41 S. E. (S. C.) 13; 20 Cyc. 1287. Is appellant an emigrant agent as contemplated by the legislature when it imposed a…
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Before Prurifoy, J., Charleston, Fall term, 1917. A. B. Reeves was convicted of carrying on the business of an emigrant agent without having obtained a license therefor, and he appeals. cite: Are the provisions of sections 8pg and 8p6 of the Criminal Code of South Carolina ipi2, constitutional? Constitution of 1895, sec. 1, art. X; 18 S. E. (S. C.) 342; 41 S. E. (S. C.) 13; 20 Cyc. 1287. Is appellant an emigrant agent as contemplated by the legislature when it imposed a license tax upon the business of an emigrant agent? 36 S. E. (Ga.) 93; 41 S. E. (S. C.), p. 13. As to the admission in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. ChiEE Justice Gary.
The defendant was-indicted and found guilty of violating an act, now incorporated in the Criminal Code as section 896, which is as follows:
“No person shall carry on the business of an emigrant agent in this State, without first having obtained a license therefor, from the county treasurer of each county in which he solicits emigrants. Any person shall be entitled to a license, which shall be good for one year, upon payment into the county treasury, for the use of said county, two thousand dollars in each county in which he…
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