Legal Opinion
People v. Warren
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 9, 1914No. Gen. No. 19,546PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John R. Newcomer, Judge, presiding,
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McSurely
Abstract of the Decision. Vagrancy, § 1*—when evidence insufficient to sustain a conviction. In a prosecution for vagrancy under Criminal Code, ch. 38, sec. 270, J. &. A. If 3962, the fact that defendant was without lawful means of support must be proved affirmatively as any other fact, and negative evidence, consisting of testimony that the witnesses had no knowledge upon the subject, is insufficient to sustain a conviction.
2Cited by1 opinion
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