Rusher v. State

John Rusher was charged with a violation of the act making it a misdemeanor to employ, rent lands to, or furnish lands to be cropped by, any person who had previously made a contract with reference to farming, or to disturb in any way this relation after it had been made. (Acts 1901, p. 63; Acts 1903, pp. 91-92.) The issue formed upon the accusation was tried before the judge of the city court of Washington, without a jury. The defendant was adjudged to be guilty. Thereafter a motion for new trial was made; and exception is taken to the judgment overruling that motion.

It appears, from the…