Sportatorium, Inc. v. State

The powers of government are intended to act upon the civil conduct of the citizens ; and, whenever their conduct becomes such as to offend against morals or public decency, it becomes within the range of legislative authority. The policy of the law is not a matter of judicial consideration.

The Penal Cod'e provides that the design of enacting it “is to define in plain language every offense” (Penal Code 1925, art. 1 ; Wimberly v. State, 98 Tex.Cr.R. 152, 265 S.W. 155) ; that no person shall be punished for an offense, if the law is so indefinitely framed or of such doubtful consideration that…