Legal Opinion

Bumgarner v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 20, 1911PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from Eastland County Court; E. A. Hill, Judge. John Bumgarner was convicted for the utterance of abusive language calculated to produce a breach of the peace, and appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtPrendergast, J.

Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Eastland county charging that he did unlawfully, in the presence and hearing of Callie Winston and Annie Winston, curse and abuse them and used' violently abusive language to and concerning them under circumstances calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. The appellant was tried under that charge, found guilty, and his punishment fixed at a fine of *5$100. 'The court substantially submitted the case under the indictment and in accordance with the proof. The evidence by the state is full and clear and establishes the allegations in the indictment.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bradley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Pritchett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948

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