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12 Ga. App. 693

Jackson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 6, 1913

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1913-05-06

<p>Accusation of cheating and swindling; from city court of Sparta —Judge Moore. March 8, 1913.</p>

Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently June 1917

5 state decisions

Relies on 2 Ga. App. 613 - Harwell v. State · Jones v. State

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Decided 1913-05-06

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Hill, C. J.

¶1The uncontroverted evidence showing that the accused was a minor, and that his failure to perform the services stipulated in his contract was due to the fact that his father, who under the law was entitled to his services, had hired him for the same period to another person, his conviction of a violation of the “labor contract law” of 1903 (Penal Code, § 715) was unauthorized. Harwell v. State, 2 Ga. App. 613 (58 S. E. 1111); Howard v. State, 126 Ga. 538 (55 S. E. 239).

¶2Judgment reversed.

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