McQueen v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The conviction is for vagrancy; penalty assessed is a fine of $20.

It was averred that the appellant was “an idle person who was able to work and had no property to support him, and who lived without any means of support and made no exertion to obtain a livelihood by honest employment.” This brings the prosecution under subdivision 3, article 607, P. C., 1925.

It was shown by the testimony of the sheriff that he had known the appellant for three or four years; that he appeared able-bodied; that the witness had not seen the appellant working for the past two or three…