Laney v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Calhoun. Tried before the Hon. Leroy F. Box. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The defendant was convicted for a violation of section 4031 of the Criminal Code, which prohibits the “use of abusive, insulting or obscene language in the presence or hearing of any female,” &c.
The evidence shows that the defendant in company with two- others was riding along the public road when he made use of profane and obscene language, that there were two ladies in a hack travelling in the same direction, from fifteen to thirty yards in his rear, and that the language used was heard by them. The defendant testified that he did not know that the hack was near them, or that there were any…
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