Campbell v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Madison Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. J. H. Ballentine. ' Bruce Campbell was convicted of boisterous and indecent conduct in a church, while in an intoxicated condition, and he appeals. No brief came to the Reporter. The demurrer to the indictment was properly overruled.- — - Roden v. The State, 136 Ala. 89; State v. Moriarty, 74 Ind. 103; State v. Brown, 38 Kan. 390.
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J.
The indictment in this case charges that the defendant, “while intoxicated or drunk, did appear in a public place, to-wit a church, where one or more persons were present, and manifested his drunken condition by boisterous and indecent conduct or loud and profane discourse, against the peace and dignity of the state,” etc.
The defendant demurred to the indictment, because it did not allege at what specific church the defendant *105appeared in a state of drunkenness or intoxication. The indictment follows the language of the form prescribed by the Code, and was not subject to the…
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