common nightwalker

common nightwalker
A person having the habit of being abroad at night for the purpose of committing some crime, of disturbing the peace, or of doing some wrongful or wicked act. State v Dowers, 45 NH 543, 544.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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