State v. Long
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Prosecution in magistrate court against Wade Long for failure to- perform contract to labor on farm after receiving advances. From Circuit order reversing magistrate, State appeals. cites: The lazu of labor contracts: Crim. Code, 1902, 355, 357. Hssentials of such contracts: 32 S. C., 123; Gen. Stat, secs. 2081, 2084; 56 S. C., 420.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
The defendant was prosecuted before magistrate Jennings, in Sumter County, for violation of a written farm labor contract, under section 357, Criminal Code, was found guilty by a jury and sentenced by the magistrate. On appeal therefrom, the Circuit Court reversed the judgment of the magistrate’s court, and ordered the case dismissed upon the ground that the contract would not sustain a criminal indictment. From this judgment, the State appeals, assigning error to the ruling that the written contract was insufficient to support a…
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