Harding v. People

Plaintiffs in error were indicted and convicted for a violation of the act requiring the weighing of coal at the mines, in force July 1, 1887, as amended by act in force July 1, 1891. . Some of the counts upon which they were found guilty charged them with a failure to weigh all the coal delivered from the mine, and others charged them with not keeping a correct record of the weight of each miner’s car. The portion of the act under which the prosecution was had, material to the same, is as follows:

“Sec. 1. That the owner, agent or operator of every coal mine in this State at which the miners…