People v. Ward
New York County Courts
Appeal from a judgment of the Police Court of the city of Niagara Falls convicting the defendant of vagrancy in violation of section 887, Criminal Code, subdivision 4e.
1Opinion of the Court
Fish, J.:
The information charges the defendant with being a common prostitute who has no lawful employment to maintain nerself and then says “ Vagrant, 887, Code, Sub. 4.” Apparently the charge against the defendant was a violation of section 887, subdivision 4e, the applicable portion of which provides as follows: “ The following persons are - vagrants * " * *4524. A person * * (e) who is a common prostitute who has no lawful employment whereby to maintain herself.’”
Under this it Was incumbent on the people to pro1"- (1) that the defendant was a common prostitute; (2) that she had no legal…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Forbes' CaseNew York Supreme Court · 1860
- People v. MeyerNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1914