Boone v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is taken from a conviction for disorderly conduct wherein the punishment was assessed at a fine of $160.00. See Article 474, Vernon’s Ann.P.C.

The complaint, omitting the formal parts, charged that the appellant

“. . . did then and there unlawfully engage in indecent conduct in a public place, to wit: the place known as Sandy Beach on Lake Tyler, Smith County; by being present in said public place in the nude under circumstances in which such conduct tended to cause or provoke a disturbance . . . . ”

After conviction in the Justice of the Peace Court,…