State v. . Etheridge

‘Waxkeb, J.

Tbe defendants were indicted, under Revisal, see. 3365, for enticing one Frank Battle, a servant, to leave bis master, wbo, it is alleged, was J. R. Bunting, tbe prosecutor. It will be necessary to consider only one exception of tbe defendants, wbo were convicted below, and appealed. They contend tbat tbe evidence showed tbat Frank Battle was not a servant, but either a tenant or a cropper, and if either, they are not indictable, even if it is true tbat they bad induced bim to leave bis alleged employer. As we are of tbe opinion tbat tbe position is well taken, tbat Frank Battle…