St. Louis v. Babcock
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. — Hon. David Murphy, Judge. (1) This is a proceeding under a city ordinance. Proceedings for violation of city ordinances, although partaking somewhat of the nature of criminal proceedings,” are civil. Kansas City v. Neal, 122 Mo. 234; St. Louis v. Schoenbush, 95 Mo. 618; Ex parte Holwedell, 74 Mo. 395; De Soto v. Brown, 44 Mo.
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Error to St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. — Hon. David Murphy, Judge. (1) This is a proceeding under a city ordinance. Proceedings for violation of city ordinances, although partaking somewhat of the nature of criminal proceedings,” are civil. Kansas City v. Neal, 122 Mo. 234; St. Louis v. Schoenbush, 95 Mo. 618; Ex parte Holwedell, 74 Mo. 395; De Soto v. Brown, 44 Mo. App. 152. (2) The first clause of sec. 1062, ordinances of St. Louis, art. 6, chap. 26, is divisible, each subdivision defining a different way in which persons may be guilty of vagrancy. One of these subdivisions…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
The basis of this action is clause 1, section 1062, ordinance No. 11188, Revised Ordinances of St. Louis:
■ “Section 1062. Vagrants Defined. —-A vagrant, under the meaning and provisions of this article, shall be deemed to be:
“Eirst. Any male, or female person over the ages of fourteen and sixteen (females fourteen, and males sixteen) years, who, there is reason to believe, live idly, without proper and diligent effort to procure employment, and without any visible means to maintain themselves, and without any settled place of abode, and are of vicious character and depraved habits, or who…
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