Legal Opinion
State v. McCormick
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 26, 1917No. 22621PublishedCited by 18 opinions
Appeal from Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of Ouachita; Ben C. Dawkins, Judge. Louis McCormick was prosecuted under an indictment for vagrancy, his motion to quash the indictment was sustained, and the State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, C. J.
Defendant was prosecuted -under an indictment which reads in part:
“That Louis McCormick * * * from January 1 * * * to March 23, 1917, * * * in the parish and state aforesaid, being * * * a male person, did, * * * willfully and feloniously, habitually, associate with prostitutes- *581and habitually loiter in or around a house of prostitution, in violation of Act 226 of * * * 1912,” etc.
The statute thus mentioned is entitled “An act to define and punish vagrancy and to provide penalties for the violation hereof,” and it declares:
“Section 1. * * * That any male person who habitually associates with…
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