Cowin v. State
Cowin v. State
Opinion of the Court
βAny person who shall obtain food, lodging or other accommodation at any hotel, inn, boarding-house or eating-house in the State of Georgia, except when credit is given therefor by express agreement, with intent to defraud the owner or- keeper of the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars or imprisoned for a period of time not exceeding three months, either or both in the discretion of the court.β Ga. Laws, 1910, p. 137. The evidence in this case did not authorize the jury to find that the defendant, with intent to defraud, obtained food and lodging from the boarding-house named in the accusation. Eor the reason that the evi
Judgment reversed.
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