Territory v. Kaaikaula

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

QUARLES, J:

The defendant was convicted in the district court on the charge of using vulgar, profane and obscene language in a public place in violation of section 3188 R. L., was fined five dollars without costs, and has appealed to this court on the question of law whether the words “you big fat Buffalo, you damn son of a bitch,” addressed by one woman to another, during the course of a quarrel, constitute an offense under the statute. The statute forbids the use of “vulgar, profane or obscene language * * * in any public place.” No question as to duplicity in the…