Triplett v. State

Citations

• 80 Miss. 379

Syllabus

<p>1. Enticing Servants. Code 1892, 1 1068: Laws 1900, p. 140. Affidavit.</p> <p>An affidavit intended to charge an offense, under code 1892, § 1068, as amended, laws 1900, p. 140, making it unlawful to interfere with or entice away a laborer or renter under certain .circumstances, is fatally defective if it fail to aver:</p> <p>(a) That the interference or enticing away was willful; or,</p> <p>(b) That the person interfered with or enticed away was a laborer or renter; or,</p> <p>(c) That he was a laborer or renter by contract for a specified time; or,</p> <p>(d) That he was interfered with or enticed away before the expiration of such contract; or,</p> <p>(e) That the interference or enticing away was without the consent of the employer or landlord; or,</p> <p>(/) The facts constituting the interference or enticing away.</p> <p>2. Criminal Procedure.. Circuit cov/rt. Appeal from justices' cou/rt. Amendment. Code 1892, g 1438.</p> <p>A defective affidavit, intended to charge an offense, upon which the defendant has been convicted by a justice of the peace, can be amended in the circuit court, under code 1892, \\ 1438, authorizing the same, upon appeal from the conviction.</p>