People v. Erickson

Lehman, Ch. J.

Upon the complaint of an examiner in the Department of Investigation in the city of New York, the defendant has been found to be a “ disorderly person, under the terms of subdivision 5, of section 899, of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of New York, in that he has no visible profession or calling, by which to maintain himself, but does so, for the most part, by gaming.”

Pursuant to a public policy embodied in the Constitution of the State and founded firmly, I think, both on old traditions and sound public opinion, the Legislature long ago enacted statutes to punish…