By statute in several states, one who is convicted of a felony, having been previously convicted of any crime (or twice so convicted), or who is convicted of a misdemeanor and has previous-ly (in New York) been five times convicted of a misdemeanor. Crim. Code N. Y. 1903, § 510; Rev. SL Utah, 1898, g 4067. In a more gen-erai sense, one made subject to police sur-veillance and arrest on suspicion, on account of his previous criminal record and absence of honest employment
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
