Comer v. State

The indictment is founded on the statute (Code of 1876, § 4203), which reads: “If any person enters into the dwelling-house of another, or upon the curtilage thereof, or upon the public highway near such premises, and in the presence of the family of the owner thereof, or of any member of his family, or of any female, and makes use of abusive, insulting, or vulgar language, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,” &c. The evidence showed that the accused made use of profane, abusive and insulting language while walking along the Mobile & Girard Railroad, within two or three hundred yards…