James v. State

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The indictment set out a cause of action, and the special demurrer was without merit.

The contentions of the defendant were that he had been employed as an attorney at law by Mrs. Pilgrim to represent her husband, Lonnie Pilgrim, who had been indicted for an attempt to commit rape; that he did represent him; that Pilgrim was convicted; that subsequently Mrs. Pilgrim gave him $100 to secure some person to sign a supersedeas bond to obtain Pilgrim’s release from jail; that he diligently endeavored to obtain some one to sign such a bond, but failed to do so;…