SUMMERS, Justice.
Charles Wilkins was charged by affidavit in the City Court of Bossier City with vagrancy as defined by La.R.S. 14:107(5). That law provides that an able-bodied person without visible lawful means of support who does not seek employment is guilty of vagrancy.
He entered a plea of not guilty, was tried, convicted and sentenced to serve nine months imprisonment in the parish jail. His appeal was granted to this court as a matter of right.
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