Thomas v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Violating Written Contract. Appeal from Pike Law Court. Heard before Hon. T. L. Boru'm. James Thomas was convicted of entering into a written contract for the performance of service, with intent to defraud his employer, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, P. J.
The defendant was prosecuted for entering into a written contract for the performance of an act of service with intent to defraud his employer, and obtaining from his said employer $60 in money, in violation of the provisions of the act approved March 9, 1911, p. 93.(1) The object and purpose of the act, and the essence of its provisions, is to punish those who obtain money, or property, by fraudulent misrepresentation or false pretense, and is not similar, and has not the corresponding vice of section 6846 of the Code of 1907, of permitting involuntary servitude in violation of the federal…
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