Hudgins v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Accusation of misdemeanor. Before Judge Hammond. City •court of Griffin. September 24, 1906. Hudgins was arraigned upon an accusation charging that he did, "by offering higher wages, persuade and decoy, and did then and -there attempt to entice, persuade, and decoy, by .offering higher wages, Frank Mathews, the servant of W. H. Baker, after he had actually entered the service of his employer, to leave his employer during the term of service, knowing that said Frank Mathews…
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Accusation of misdemeanor. Before Judge Hammond. City •court of Griffin. September 24, 1906. Hudgins was arraigned upon an accusation charging that he did, "by offering higher wages, persuade and decoy, and did then and -there attempt to entice, persuade, and decoy, by .offering higher wages, Frank Mathews, the servant of W. H. Baker, after he had actually entered the service of his employer, to leave his employer during the term of service, knowing that said Frank Mathews was so employed.” The accused filed a plea of not guilty, and after a trial the jury rendered a verdict of guilty. A…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, P. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) During the existence of slavery it was neither necessary nor important that the negro should be instructed as to the binding obligation of a contract. When he emerged from this condition, and immediately, without any instruction on the subject, became clothed until full contractual powers, it is not surprising that he could be induced by unscrupulous white men to flagrantly violate the obligations of contracts into which he had entered. It may "be that while the constitution of 1865 was in force, and prior to the adoption of the fourteenth" amendment to…
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