Woodson v. State

Porter Woodson was tried in the county court of Newton county, before the judge of said court without the intervention of a jury, upon an accusation made by B. L. Loyd, tax-collector of the county, charging him with having committed a misdemeanor. *845The particular offense with which he was charged was set forth as follows: “For that the said Porter Woodson, on the 1st day of February, 1900, in the county aforesaid, did solicit and procure emigrants, or did attempt to do so, without first procuring a license as provided by law; and he further charges that said Porter Woodson as the agent or…