Arwood v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for vagrancy; from Whitfield superior court — Judge Tarver. April 30, 1920. A witness testified: “I am chief of police of Dalton, in Whitfield county, Georgia. The defendant lives in Dalton and has lived here for several years. She is 25 years, or more, of age. She is a woman of lewd reputation. I have never known her to do any work.
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Indictment for vagrancy; from Whitfield superior court — Judge Tarver. April 30, 1920. A witness testified: “I am chief of police of Dalton, in Whitfield county, Georgia. The defendant lives in Dalton and has lived here for several years. She is 25 years, or more, of age. She is a woman of lewd reputation. I have never known her to do any work. She is addicted to the use of morphine, and has been treated for the dope habit by the county physician since, she was placed in jail. I do not know how she lives. She has been staying with her mother, who is very poor and unable to support her. I…
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.
The evidence, while weak, authorized the defendant’s conviction of the offense of vagrancy, and, the finding of the jury having been approved by the trial judge, this court is without authority to interfere.
Judgment affirmed.
Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur. William E. Mann, W. Gordon Mann, for plaintiff in error,
cited: 17 Ga. App. 742; 119 Ga. 427, and cit.
Joseph M. Lang, solicitor-general, contra.
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- Hartman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Elders v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
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- Hunnicutt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1944