Orf v. State

Appellant was convicted in the circuit court of Alcorn county of the crime of profanity, and sentenced to pay a fine of fifty dollars and costs. From that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

In a public place, namely, at one of the doors entering Union Church, with one of his hands resting on the facing of the door, at a time when Sunday school was being held in the church and those in attendance were standing to be^ dismissed, appellant, in the presence of more than one person (referring to the fact that the Sunday school was being dismissed), used the following language: “Well, the damn…