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McIntosh v. Denver

Supreme Court of Colorado. In Department
Feb 27, 1933
19 P.2d 753 (Colo. 1933)

Opinion

No. 13,243.

Decided February 27, 1933.

Plaintiff in error was found guilty of vagrancy.

Reversed. On Application for Supersedeas.

1. APPEAL AND ERROR — Review. 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. In the present case, giving the defendant in error the benefit of that rule, the evidence is wholly insufficient to support the judgment.

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

Mr. H. A. HICKS, Mr. H. A. HICKS, JR., for plaintiff in error.

Mr. JAMES D. PARRIOTT, Mr. FREDERICK P. CRANSTON, Mr. HARRY A. FEDER, for defendant in error.


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 30 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, 92 Colo. 78, 18 P.2d 309; Roberts v. Dietz, 88 Colo. 594, 298 Pac. 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.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE ADAMS, MR. JUSTICE HILLIARD and MR. JUSTICE BOUCK concur.


Summaries of

McIntosh v. Denver

Supreme Court of Colorado. In Department
Feb 27, 1933
19 P.2d 753 (Colo. 1933)
Case details for

McIntosh v. Denver

Case Details

Full title:McINTOSH v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER

Court:Supreme Court of Colorado. In Department

Date published: Feb 27, 1933

Citations

19 P.2d 753 (Colo. 1933)
19 P.2d 753

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