Cannon v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Polk Circuit Court; Jefferson T. Cowling, Judge; The court erred in admitting the testimony introduced by the State as to appellant’s acts of gaming in order to prove vagrancy.
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Appeal from Polk Circuit Court; Jefferson T. Cowling, Judge; The court erred in admitting the testimony introduced by the State as to appellant’s acts of gaming in order to prove vagrancy. All the essential acts -of vagrancy alleged must be clearly shown. 119 Ga. 427; 46 S. E. 628; 110 Ga. 915; 36 S. E. 293; 108 Mass. 17; 60 S. W. 880; 145 ■ Ala. 682; 40 So. 88; 52 Ga. 574. The court erred in allowing the admission of evidence as to whether or not the defendant had been at work, as it was no part óf the offense charged in the indictment. There was substantial evidence from which the jury…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
The defendant, Wiley Cannon, was tried- and convicted in the Polk Circuit Court of the crime of'vagrancy, charged to have been committed by going about' from place to place for the purpose of gaming. From the judgment of conviction, he has duly prosecuted an appeal to this court. The testimony is substantially as follows:
Witnesses for the State all testify that the defendant has resided in Mena, Polk County, for ten years or more, and had not, to their knowledge, done any work for the past five or six years. Some of them stated that he was a constant associate of a professional gambler named.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Adams v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913