Parks v. State

The accused was tried in the county court, upon an accusation charging him with a violation of that part of section 396 of the Penal Code which makes criminal the use of profane language in the presence of a female. Upon conviction, he applied to the judge of the superior court for a writ of certiorari, upon the hearing of which the judgment of the county court was affirmed, and the accused excepted.

1. The affidavit filed by the accused for the purpose of relieving himself from the payment of the costs accruing in this court in the present case is as follows:

“Georgia, Sumter County.…