State v. Hunt.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment against Cbas. Hunt, beard, by Judge 11. li. Starbuclc and a jury, at July Term, 1901, of tbe Superior Court of Fobsytii County. From a judgment of guilty on a special verdict, tbe defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
The defendant is indicted for acting as "emigrant agent in procuring laborers to accept employment in another State" without having obtained a license as emigrant agent. The special verdict finds that "the defendant has been getting hands to work for the Norfolk and Western Railway Company in the States of Virginia and West Virginia; that he has been engaged in the business of obtaining hands to accept employment in another State," and that on demand he refused to pay said tax.
The statute provides, Laws 1901, Chap. 9, sec. 84: "On every emigrant agent or person engaged in procuring laborers…
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