Taylor v. State

PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was prosecuted,, convicted and fined $10 for using vulgar, profane, obscene and indecent language over and through a telephone.

The statute is: “If any person shall use any vulgar, profane, obscene or indecent language over or through any telephone in this State, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined in any sum not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.” (Art. 471, P. C.)

The prosecution was by complaint and information. They both follow the statute. After the proper formal parts, the complaint and…