Clark v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of the violation of Section 2287, Comp. Stats. 1921, which section reads as follows:

"Any person who willfully and wrongfully commits any act which * * * openly outrages public decency and is injurious to public morals, although no punishment is expressly prescribed therefor by this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor."

Upon the trial the plaintiff in error was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of 60 days in jail and to pay a fine of $100.

Numerous errors are assigned in the petition in error and brief of the plaintiff in error, one of which challenges…