Coker v. Fort Smith

Appellant was tried and fined in the municipal court of Fort Smith on a charge of “being on the street with a prostitute. ’ ’ He appealed to the circuit court, and, on his trial there, was again found guilty and fined, and has appealed to this court.

At his trial in the Circuit court an instruction was given, over his objection and exception, which reads as follows: “1. The court instructs the jury that, if you find from the evidence that the defendant, Troy Coker, in the city of Fort Smith, and within one year next before the bringing of this suit, being a male person over the age of fourteen…