McIntosh v. City and County of Denver, 13243.

Decision Date27 February 1933
Docket Number13243.
Citation19 P.2d 753,92 Colo. 301
PartiesMcINTOSH v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER.
CourtColorado Supreme Court

In Department.

Error to County Court, City and County of Denver; G. A. Luxford, Judge.

J. A. McIntosh was convicted of vagrancy, and he brings error.

Reversed and remanded, with direction.

H. A. Hicks and H. A. Hicks, Jr., both of Denver, for plaintiff in error.

James D. Parriott, Frederick P. Cranston, and Harry A. Feder, all of Denver, for defendant in error.

BUTLER, Justice.

John A. McIntosh was charged in the Denver police court with vagrancy, was found guilty, and was fined $50. He appealed to the county court, was tried without a jury, was found guilty, and was sentenced to imprisonment for thirty days.

On review, the record is viewed in the light most favorable to the party successful in the trial court, and every inference fairly deducible from the evidence is drawn in favor of the judgment. Hiner v. Cassidy (Colo.)§8 P. (2d) 309; Roberts v. Dietz, 88 Colo. 594, 298 P. 1062. It would serve no useful purpose to detail the evidence. It is sufficient to say that, giving the city and county of Denver the full benefit of the rule stated above, we find, after a painstaking examination of the record, that the evidence is wholly insufficient to sustain the charge.

The judgment is reversed, and the cause is remanded, with the direction to the county court to dismiss the proceeding.

ADAMS, C.J., and HILLIARD and BOUCK, JJ., concur.

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