Traylor v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Pike Criminal Court. Tried before the Hon. W. H. Parks. The defendants were arrested on separate affidavits and warrants charging that the defendant “having no visible means of support, or being dependent on his own labor, living without employment.” and by consent the two eases were tried together.
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Appeal from Pike Criminal Court. Tried before the Hon. W. H. Parks. The defendants were arrested on separate affidavits and warrants charging that the defendant “having no visible means of support, or being dependent on his own labor, living without employment.” and by consent the two eases were tried together. The defendants demurred to the warrants on the ground that they failed to allege that the defendants were able-bodied, or physically-able to follow some employment for support, which demurrer was overruled by the court. On the trial the solicitor asked one of the State’s witnesses if…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The defendants were convicted of vagrancy. The court overruled a demurrer to the complaint, and also overruled the motion of the defendant to exclude certain testimony. These are the two questions presented by the record for our consideration. That portion of section 4047 of the Code, under which the defendants were prosecuted reads as follows : “Any person., who, having no visible means of support, or being dependent on his labor, lives without employment, or habitually neglects his employment • ' must on conviction, for the first offense be fined,” &c. The complaint follows the statute,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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