Glover v. State

The accused was charged with vagrancy and was convicted; and he excepts to the overruling of his motion for a new trial. The State introduced certain testimony relative to the defendant’s transporting whisky and indulging in other immoral conduct. While this evidence was admissible and had 'probative value in showing whether or not the defendant. was earning an honest livelihood, it is not sufficient within itself to prove the defendant guilty of the offense charged in the indictment. As stated in Hartman v. State, 119 Ga. 429 (46 S. E. 628), these offenses “are made penal by other statutes…