King v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Corporation Court of the City of Texarkana. Tried below before the Hon. H. W. Bunnels, recorder. Appeal from a conviction of vagrancy; penalty, a fine of $I0Q'. The opinion states the case. Cited cases in opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
The complaint charges appelant with being a vagrant in that he “did habitually loiter in and around houses of prostitution.” The complaint also fixes the date as being from the first of October, 1914, it being sworn to on the first day of October, 1915. The evidence shows he had been twice convicted, once in February, 1915, and the other time on June 16, 1915; that these convictions cover all the time prior to June 16, 1915. It is also shown he was out of the State until about the last day of August. A plea of jeopardy with reference to the two former convictions was filed so…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Martoni v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Ellis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
3Cited by2 opinions
- Government of Virgin Islands v. RodriguezDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1969
- Benson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923