Goolsby v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Lee county. Hon. Jno. H. Mitchell, Judge. J. F. Goolsby was convicted of enticing prosecutor’s servant and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Section 1146 being highly penal and being a statute about the constitutionality of which there is considera,blé doubt, and one which smacks very much of imprisonment for debt, or an approach to a modified form of slavery.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Lee county. Hon. Jno. H. Mitchell, Judge. J. F. Goolsby was convicted of enticing prosecutor’s servant and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Section 1146 being highly penal and being a statute about the constitutionality of which there is considera,blé doubt, and one which smacks very much of imprisonment for debt, or an approach to a modified form of slavery. Our court has been very zealous in confining it to cases which come clearly within its terms. This contract that Jumper had with this.negro, as to the length of time it…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Appellant was convicted in the court below for a violation of section 1146 of the Code of 1906, which provides that: “If any person shall willfully interfere with, entice away, knowingly employ or induce a laborer or renter who has contracted with another person for a specified time to leave his employer or the leased premises,. before' the expiration of his contract without the consent of the employer or landlord, he shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. ...”
The facts upon which appellant’s conviction was based are as follows:…
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