Deboard v. State

The defendant was convicted under an indictment construed by the trial judge to charge- a violation of chapter 4-27 of the Acts of 1907. He was fined $100 and given a jail sentence of eight months.

There was a motion to quash the indictment below, the substance of which was that the indictment charged no-offense under the laws of Tennessee.

The indictment contains the following:

“That J. Jj. DeBoard heretofore, to-wit on the — day of May, 1929', and on divers other days within twelve months in the State and County aforesaid, did unlawfully, and wilfully prowl and travel through the above County…