Gentry v. Town of Booneville

The Town of Booneville has by proper procedure ordained that violations, within the municipality, of any of the criminal statutes of the state, less than of felony, shall be offenses against the town. An affidavit before the mayor was made against appellant charging him with vagrancy, the affidavit being worded so as to make it under subparagraph (k) Sec. 2666, Code 1942. The subparagraph makes punishable, as a vagrant, “Every able-bodied person who lives without employment or labor, and who has no visible means of support.” Appellant was convicted, and on appeal to the circuit court was…