State v. Suman

Henry M. Gallagher, Chief Justice.

Defendant was convicted in the municipal court of Minneapolis of vagrancy, under Minn. St. 1941, § 614.57(8), (Mason St. 1927, § 10534[8]), which reads in part:

“The following persons are vagrants:

“(8) A person engaged in practicing or attempting any trick or device to procure money or other thing of value, if such trick or device is made a public offense by any law of this state * *

The evidence shows that defendant, who is engaged in the radio repair business under the trade name of Shenandoah Radio Studio, repaired a radio belonging to W. W. Welker, the…