State v. Murray
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jackson; George Wear, Judge. Butler Murray was indicted for violating a labor contract. Motion to quash was sustained, and the state appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Defendant, a white laborer charged with having violated a labor contract, was indicted.
The indictment sets forth that he received an advance altogether of $12 on the day that he entered into the labor contract that he is charged with having violated.
The contract and its violation are charged in the indictment with having been entered into and violated oni one and the same day.
The defendant interposed a motion to quash the indictment on the ground that it is in contravention of and contrary to sections 1990 and 5526 of the Revised Statutes of the United States [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1266,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Clyatt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Peonage CasesDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1903
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1890
3Cited by4 opinions
- Ex Parte HollmanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
- State v. BreauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
- State v. OlivaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
- Ex Parte HollmanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1908