Legal Opinion
Pierce v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 4, 1944No. 10920Published
1Opinion of the Court
146 F.2d 84 (1944)
PIERCE
v.
UNITED STATES.
No. 10920.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
December 4, 1944.
Albert L. Cobb and Shelby Myrick, both of Savannah, Ga., for appellant.
J. Saxton Daniel, U. S. Atty., and Green B. Everitt, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Savannah, Ga., for appellee.
Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.
McCORD, Circuit Judge.
An indictment in eleven counts was returned charging Joel Thomas Pierce with peonage. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on counts 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, and not guilty on counts 3, 4, 10 and 11. Pierce was sentenced to pay a fine of…
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- Bailey v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Clyatt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- United States v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Taylor v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Peonage CasesDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1903
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