Varner v. State

Varner was placed upon trial in the city court of Decatur county, charged with a violation of section 601 of the 'Penal Code, which declares: “Any person who shall solicit or procure emigrants, or shall attempt to do so, without procuring a license as required by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. ” The accused was convicted, and applied to the judge of the superior court for a writ of certiorari, and sanction of the application having been refused, the accused excepted. Upon the trial it appeared that the accused had made an arrangement with two persons, under which they were to go to…