Terry v. State

CARR, Judge.

The prosecution in this cause had its inception in the county court. There the appellant entered a plea of guilty to the charge of using obscene or insulting language in the presence or hearing of a girl or woman. Title 14, sec. 11, Code 1940.

From the county court an appeal was taken to the circuit court. In the latter jurisdiction, after a verdict of a jury adjudging the defendant guilty and assessing a fine of $50, the trial judge added as additional punishment 90 days hard labor for the county.

The State rested its case on the testimony of two witnesses, Mr. and Mrs. John Crews.…