Shields v. State

Bleckley, Chief Justice.

The offence laid in the indictment is alleged to have been committed on the 25th day of December, 1889. The statute applicable to it is §4872 of the code, which reads as follows: “Any person who shall, without provocation, use to or of another, and in his presence, opprobrious words, or abusive language tending to cause a breach of the peace, or who shall in like manner use obscene and vulgar language in the presence of a female, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 4810 of this code. Provided, that no court in…