Paralee v. Camden
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL irom Ouachita Circuit Court. B. F. Askew, Judge. Appellant is charged with no offense. Buell v. State, ‡3 Ark., 336. The arrest was void and wholly illegal. Art. 2, sec. 13, Const.
1Opinion of the CourtCockrill, C. J.
The town ordinance under which the appellant was convicted is not brought upon the record. There is no bill of exceptions. It is disclosed, however, that the appellant was tried upon the charge of “ returning to the town of Camden, being a prostitute; ” and the finding of facts as set out in the judgment, is as follows, viz.: “ That on or about the 20th day of May, 1886, in said town of Camden, county of Ouachita, State of Arkansas, the defendant, Roxie Paralee, did return to the town of Camden, being a prostitute, which was in direct and open violation of the ordinance of said town.” Upon…
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