Brown v. State

The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Grenada County, Mississippi, for violation of Chapter 281, Laws of 1958, or Sec. 2412.5 of the Miss. Code of 1942, Rec., familiarly known as the “Peeping Tom” statute. He was sentenced to serve a term of two years in the state penitentiary.

*8117 Am. Jur., Disorderly Conduct, Sec. 4, p. 190, states as follows: “A ‘Peeping Tom’ may be a ‘disorderly Tom. ’ Peeking into the window of an occupied residence or apartment at an hour of the night when the occupants are likely to be preparing to retire, by one who has no business there,…