Headley v. State ex rel. Selkowitz

BARKDULL, Chief Judge.

The appellee, Emanuel Selkowitz, was charged with violating a municipal ordinance of the City of Miami, which read as follows:

“ * * * standing, loitering, or strolling about in any place in the city, and not being able to give a satisfactory account of himself * *

He was subsequently convicted and’ sentenced for the violation thereof. He then filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, contending that the ordinance in question was unconstitutional, as being too vague and indefinite, and failing to apprise an ordinary citizen of its effect. The matter came on to be…