Guidoni

Guidoni v. Wheeler

Good Law
144 C.C.A. 391·230 F. 93·4 Alaska Fed. 369·1916 U.S. App. LEXIS 1433
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 7, 1916No. 2592California1,656 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Gilbert, J.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing a habeas corpus proceeding and remanding the petitioner to custody. The appellant, who was the petitioner, was convicted under a complaint which charged him with the misdemeanor of vagrancy, committed in the city of Juneau, Alaska, in that on March S, 1915, and for 30 days prior thereto, he resided within the corporate limits of the city of Juneau with no visible means of living, or lawful occupation or employment with which to earn a living, and that during said period he did wander about the streets of Juneau after the hour of 11 o’clock p. m., without a lawful occupation or business, contrary to section 2 of Ordinance 27 of the city of Junéau. That section provided as follows: “All persons within the corporate limits of the city of Juneau who have no visible means of living, or lawful occupation or employment by which to earn a living; all healthy persons who shall be found begging the means of support; all persons who habitually roam about the streets without any lawful business; all idle or dissolute persons who live in or about houses of ill fame; all persons having no known occupation or business, who shall be found wandering about…

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