Chappell v. State

The public drunkenness punishable by the provisions of the Code, § 58-608, must, by the express terms of the section, “be made manifest by boisterousness, or by indecent condition or acting, or by vulgar, profane or unbecoming language, or loud and violent discourse of the person or persons so intoxi*451cated.” The indictment in this case charged that the intoxication of the accused “was made manifest by boisterousness, and by indecent condition and acting, and by vulgar, profane and unbecoming language, and by loud and violent discourse, and by fighting and by quarreling.” (Italics ours.) The…