Foss v. State

I. Foss, a merchant, was convicted of an attempt to defraud one Gustave Anderson, -a member of the crew of a British ship in the harbor of Savannah. Anderson had been fined $10 by the recorder in the police court of Savannah, and Foss had, through an attorney, obtained Anderson’s release from jail without the payment of the $10 fine, or any part thereof, except $1, which Foss paid for a certified copy of the charges against Anderson. After Anderson was released from the jail, Foss, according to the State’s evidence, told Anderson that he (Foss) had paid the $10 fine out of his own pocket, and…