Forrester v. State

The two counts of the accusation charged the defendant with committing the offense of vagrancy by two different methods; the first charging in part that the defendant “led an idle, immoral, and profligate life,” and the second charging in part that the defendant had “no visible or known means of a fair, honest, and reputable livelihood.” The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty. The defendant made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled; and on this judgment the defendant assigns error.

In addition to proving the defendant guilty of basely immoral conduct, the State proved that a…