Mullens v. State

— The defendant is charged with a violation of the statute which declares : “If any person enters into, or goes sufficiently near to the dwelling-house of another, *43and in the presence, or within the hearing of the family of the occupant thereof, or any member of his family, or in the presence or hearing of any female, and makes use of abusive, insulting or obscene language, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.” — Acts Ala. 1880-1, p. 30. The words spoken had reference to the wife of the occupant of the dwelling-house on a lot adjoining the lot on which defendant lived. The court was…