Durham v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of cheating and swindling; from city court of Athens —Judge West. December 20, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, J.
The defendant was convicted of violating the “labor-contract act” (Acts 1903, p. '90, Penal Code, §§ 715, 716). It not having been proved that he had no good and sufficient cause for his failure to perform the contract, the conviction was unauthorized. Johnson v. State, 125 Ga. 243 (3), 246 (54 S. E. 184); Mobley v. State, 4 Ga. App. 78 (60 S. E. 803);Hankinson v. State, 6 Ga. App. 793 (65 S. E. 837); Brown v. State, 8 Ga. App. 211 (2), 212 (68 S. E. 865); Thorn v. State, 13 Ga. App. 10 (2), 13 (78 S. E. 853); Jones v. State, 16 Ga. App. 216 (84 S. E. 88). This essential proof was not…
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