United States v. Broughton
District Court, S.D. Alabama
G. W. Broughton was indicted for peonage, Gn demurrer to indictment. Indictment for violation of section 5526, R. S. (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3715), and section 269, Penal Code (Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, 35 Stat. 1142 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1911, p. 1670]).
1Opinion of the Court
TOURMIN, District Judge.
The first count of the indictment is admitted by the attorneys for the United States to be insufficient, and it is by them nol. pressed.
The second count alleges that, after said Fields entered upon the performance of the contract mentioned therein, the defendant threatened him that if he refused to work and labor for him to work out said debt he would have him arrested and put him in jail. The indictment fails to allege that anything was said or done by Fields to call for such alleged threat. There is no allegation that he had refused to work, or that he had expressed…
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