State v. Moser

ENGLISH, Ch. J. :

The appellee was indicted in the Circuit Court of Izard County under the act commonly known as the “Peace and Tranquility Act,” the indictment charging in substance as follows :

“ The Grand Jury of Izard County, etc. etc., accuse Robert Moser of the crime of using profane and abusive language, calculated to cause a breach of the peace, committed as follows, to-wit: The said Robert Moser, on the 20th day of September, 1877, in the county, etc., aforesaid, unlawfully and violently did make use of profane and abusive language toward and about and in the presence and hearing of…