Arthur v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for misdemeanor. Before Judge Hill. Eulton superior court. May 18, 1916. C. H. Arthur was indicted for a misdemeanor, under section 4257 of the Code of 1910. In the indictment it was charged that the defendant “did establish, maintain, and operate an office and place of business for the purpose of carrying on and engaging in the business commonly called dealing in futures on margin, and did then and there, in said office and place of business established for the…
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Indictment for misdemeanor. Before Judge Hill. Eulton superior court. May 18, 1916. C. H. Arthur was indicted for a misdemeanor, under section 4257 of the Code of 1910. In the indictment it was charged that the defendant “did establish, maintain, and operate an office and place of business for the purpose of carrying on and engaging in the business commonly called dealing in futures on margin, and did then and there, in said office and place of business established for the purposes aforesaid, maintain and operate and engage in a business commonly called dealing in futures on margin.” A…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. The protection which the citizen enjoys as to life, liberty, *828and property, under the guaranty of “due process of law,” has its origin in the 29th chapter of Magna Charta. This guaranty is found in some form of words in each of the State constitutions. Though there may be found slight verbal differences in the language employed, the expressions are nearly identical, except that the phrase “due process of law” is sometimes used, and sometimes “the law of the land.” The meaning is the same in every case. By the fourteenth amendment this guaranty is now…
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