Supreme Court of Alabama December 15, 1876 (Langham v. State)

MANNING, J. —

Appellant was indicted under section 3691 of the Eevised Code, which makes it penal in any person, knowingly to interfere with, hire, employ, entice away, or induce to leave the' service of another, any laborer or servant who has contracted in writing to serve for any specified time, before the expiration of the term contracted for, “ such contract being in force and binding upon