Goree v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Choctaw Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. IÍARRY T. ToulmiN. The defendant was indicted at the spring term, 1881, of said court for public profane swearing, and was at the succeeding term tried and convicted. The indictment is set out in the opinion.
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Appeal from Choctaw Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. IÍARRY T. ToulmiN. The defendant was indicted at the spring term, 1881, of said court for public profane swearing, and was at the succeeding term tried and convicted. The indictment is set out in the opinion. On the trial, had upon the plea of not guilty, the evidence tended to show that the defendant used the profane language averred in the indictment 'within a few yards of a public road and near a church, a short while after services had been had at the church, and after the congregation had dispersed ; that he repeated the profane…
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
The indictment- in this case charges, “that, before the finding of this indictment, Joe Goree [the appellant) did indulge publicly in profane swearing by using such expressions as, to-wit [here setting out ■ certain profane language], or words of like import, to the evil example of all *9■others in like case offending, and against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.” The (defendant was convicted of the offense charged, and being fined in the sum of twenty-five dollars, was duly sentenced in accordance with the verdict of the jury.
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