Collum v. State

The plaintiff in error was indicted under; section 725 of the Penal Code, which reads as follows: “If .any person shall designedly destroy, injure, or deface any public building, its appurtenances or furniture, or shall use the same for an indecent purpose, he shall be punished as for a misdemeanor, besides being liable for the damages.” The specific •charge against the accused was, that he “did enter the Silver Creek Presbyterian Church, a public building, . . and did use the same for an indecent purpose,” the particulars as to which were sufficiently set forth. There was a demurrer to the…