Coleman v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of misdemeanor, from city court of Camilla — Judge Scaife. April 9, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.
The plaintiff in error was convicted of a violation of the “labor-contract law” of 1903 (Acts of 1903, p. 90), and excepts to the judgment overruling his motion for new trial. It is unnecessary to discuss all of the exceptions, but, for reasons which we shall state, we are clearly of the opinion that the movant should have been given a new trial.
*3991. In charging the jury upon what might be good reason for failure to perform labor which a servant or laborer might have contracted to perform, the court erred by invading the province of the jury. Upon, this subject the court’s charge was as follows:…
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