James v. State

The indictment for vagrancy charged that the accused led “an idle, immoral, and profligate life, he having no property to support him and being able to work and not working.” There is no evidence to support the allegation that the accused led an immoral and profligate life, and this is not insisted upon by the State. Did the evidence support the charge that the defendant lived “an idle life, being able to work and having no property to' support him?” Three witnesses testified for the State. A county policeman who lived in West Point, but usually left that city early in the morning, swore that…