Richardson v. State

The indictment in this case charges that Willie Richardson "did unlawfully lead a profligate and immoral life, and did then and there wander and stroll about in idleness, being then and there able to work and having no property to support himself.” The defendant was convicted by a jury in the county court of Putnam county, and the case was taken by certiorari to the superior' court. The judge overruled the certiorari and defendant excepted.

It appears from the judge’s answer to the writ of certiorari that when .the case was called the defendant, in reply to questions propounded to him by the…