Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 13, 1921No. 6193PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was charged with vagrancy. In the complaint filed on the 22d day of January, 1921, there were made averments charging the appellant with acts constituting a violation of the various subdivisions of Article 634 of the statute, fixing the time of the offense from the 1st to the 22d day of said month.

Various policemen testified that the appellant was an able-bodied negro man, that he dressed well, possessed a twenty-dollar gold piece used as a watch-charm; that he frequented negro barber-shops, cold drink stands and cabarets, and had been often seen in daytime…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Haston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926
  2. Powell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925

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