People v. Warren , 1914 Ill. App. LEXIS 1073 ( 1914 )

Mr. Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.

Abstract of the Decision. Vagrancy, § 1*—when evidence insufficient to sustain a conviction. In a prosecution for vagrancy under Criminal Code, ch. 38, sec. 270, J. &. A. If 3962, the fact that defendant was without lawful means of support must be proved affirmatively as any other fact, and negative evidence, consisting of testimony that the witnesses had no knowledge upon the subject, is insufficient to sustain a conviction.