Jennings v. State

Information against the appellant for public indecency. Motion to quash overruled: trial; conviction, and judgment.

The principal point relied upon for a reversal is, that there is no such offense. The facts charged do not constitute a criminal offense, unless they are made such by the words public indecency,” as used in 2 R. S. 1852, § 22, p. 433. The provision is as follows: “Every person who shall be guilty of notorious lewdness, or other public indecency, upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, and imprisoned not exceeding three months.”

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