Banks v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Accusation of cheating and swindling. Before Judge Hammond. City court of Griffin. July 7, 1905. Richard Banks was tried in the city court of Griffin, under an accusation which charged that, after having contracted with E. M. Flynt to perform services for hire as a common laborer on certain terms stated, he procured from the hirer money, shoes, and clothes, of the value of $13, with intent not to perform such services, and did not in fact perform the services contracted for…
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Accusation of cheating and swindling. Before Judge Hammond. City court of Griffin. July 7, 1905. Richard Banks was tried in the city court of Griffin, under an accusation which charged that, after having contracted with E. M. Flynt to perform services for hire as a common laborer on certain terms stated, he procured from the hirer money, shoes, and clothes, of the value of $13, with intent not to perform such services, and did not in fact perform the services contracted for op return the money so advanced, to the loss and damage of the hirer in the sum of $4. He filed a demurrer to the…
1Opinion of the Court
LüMPÉiN, J.
(After stating the facts.) 1,2. This case arose upon an accusation in a city court, under the act of 1903 (Acts 1903, p. 90) entitled, “Ah act to make it illegal for any person to procure money, or other thing of value, on a contract to perforin services, with intent to defraud, and to fix the punishment therefor, and for other purposes.” ' The act is attacked as unconstitutional on the ground that it contains two subject-matters, and also contains matter different from what is expressed in its title (Civil Code, §5771). “Provisions germane to the general subject-matter embraced in…
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