CARR, Presiding Judge.
In the court below the accused was convicted on a complaint charging vagrancy.
The State anchored the prosecution on subsection 6, section 437, Title 14, Code 1940; that is to say that the defendant was a professional gambler.
The court permitted the prosecution to prove that the appellant was seen gambling and that he frequently associated with gamblers. The introduction of this character of evidence is sanctioned by the authorities...
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