District of Columbia Court of Appeals November 24, 1958, 2235 (Jenkins v. United States)

CAYTON, Acting Judge.

Striking at the narcotics evil, Congress in 1956 enacted for this jurisdiction a special vagrancy statute, which provides in part:

“For the purpose of this section—

“(1) the term ‘vagrant’ shall mean any person who is a narcotic drug user or who has been convicted of a narcotic offense in the District of Columbia or elsewhere and who—

“(A) having no lawful employment or