Taney v. State

This appeal is from a judgment of the Marion Criminal Court, wherein the appellant was convicted and fined in the sum of one dollar for profanity, under section 1999, R. S. 1881.

Three errors are assigned in this court, namely: First, that “the affidavit does not state facts sufficient to constitute a public offense”; second, that “the court erred in overruling defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment”; and, third, that “the court erred in overruling defendant’s motion for a new trial.”

The affidavit upon which the appellant was tried and convicted, omitting the caption, is as follows:

“Before…