Peabody v. State

Citations

• 72 Miss. 104

Syllabus

<p>VAGRANCY. Prostitutes. Conviction. Sufficiency of evidence.</p> <p>It ‘being shown that defendants, charged with being' common prostitutes, had no other means of support, did not work, bnt habitually ar-rayed themselves in the evening and sat on the front steps or strolled on the street and solicited men, who went into the house with them, when the doors would be closed, tog-ether with evidence of other like acts, a conviction will not be disturbed. In such cases, direct proof of guilt is not required; it may be inferred from circumstances.</p>