Legal Opinion

Mobley v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 30, 1913No. 5184PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Accusation of cheating and swindling; from city court of Millen —Judge Thomas L. Hill. August 18, 1913.

1Opinion of the CourtBussell, J.

The record in this case, to our -mind, develops a remarkable state of facts. In saying this we, of course, accord to the testimony in behalf of the prosecution the same preference which the judge (who tried the case without a jury) gave it, and disregard entirely the defendant’s showing so far as in conflict with it. The defendant was charged with a violation of the “labor-contract act” (Acts of 1903, p. 90), embodied in sections 715 and 716 of the Penal Code, and was adjudged guilty and sentenced to 'serve twelve months upon -the chain-gang, without any alternative. A review of the evidence…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Mulkey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  2. Patterson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  3. Coleman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
  4. Abrams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  5. Millinder v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Curtis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959
  2. Hudson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1914
  3. Banton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
  4. Durham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
  5. Douglas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950

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