Morton v. Nelms

1. Under the act approved August 17, 1903 (Acts 1903, p. 46), an accusation charging that the accused was able to work and had no property and had no visible or known means of a fair, honest, and reputable livelihood, set forth an offense against the penal laws of this State.

2. In such case a verdict of guilty meant that the accused was guilty of the acts specified in the accusation.

3. The act above cited makes penal the various acts of vagrancy therein enumerated. The refusal to give bond is not made the gist of the offense or any part of the offense, but the convict is allowed, by giving…