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Pollock v. Williams, 322 U.S. 4 (1944)
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Pollock v. Williams, 322 U.S. 4 (1944)
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Pollock v. Williams No. 345 Argued February 10, 1944 Decided April 10, 1944 322 U.S. 4
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
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1. A statute of Florida which makes guilty of a misdemeanor any person who, with intent to defraud, obtains an advance upon an agreement to render services, and which provides further that failure to perform the services for which an advance was obtained shall be prima facie evidence of intent to defraud, held violative of the Thirteenth Amendment and the federal Anti-peonage Act. Pp. 5, 17.
2. In view of the history and operation of the Florida statute, it cannot be said that a plea of guilty is uninfluenced by the statute’s threat to convict by its prima facie evidence section; hence, the entire statute is invalid, and a conviction under it, though based upon a plea of guilty, cannot be sustained. P. 15.
3. That, upon a trial of the defendant, his testimony in respect of his intent would have been competent is immaterial. P. 25.
153 Fla. 338, 14 So.2d 700, reversed.
Appeal from the reversal of a judgment which, upon a writ of habeas corpus, discharged the prisoner, appellant here.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Pollock v. Williams, 322 U.S. 4 (1944) in 322 U.S. 4 322 U.S. 5. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ULQCIC1GA251LK9.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Pollock v. Williams, 322 U.S. 4 (1944), in 322 U.S. 4, page 322 U.S. 5. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ULQCIC1GA251LK9.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Pollock v. Williams, 322 U.S. 4 (1944). cited in 1944, 322 U.S. 4, pp.322 U.S. 5. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ULQCIC1GA251LK9.
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