Harper v. State

In the recent case of French v. State, No. 27,637, in an opinion by Presiding Judge Morrison, the ordinance here in question was upheld. Judge Davidson dissented and expressed the view that the ordinance was void.

The writer joined in affirming the conviction in French v. State, No. 27,637, 284 S.W. 2d 359, entertaining the view that Art. 214 C.C.P. authorized municipal authorities to establish rules authorizing the arrest without warrant of persons “under circumstances which reasonably show that such persons have been guilty of some felony or breach of the peace, or threaten, or are about to…