Amorous v. State

Ball Amorous was tried in tbe county court of Greene county, on an indictment for a misdemeanor. Tbe material parts of the indictment were as follows: “charge and accuse . . Ball Amorous with the offense of a misdemeanor, for that the said Ball Amorous did, on the 4th day of July, 1906, in the county aforesaid, carry about his person a pistol to a place of public worship, ■ to wit, Sanders Chapel Baptist Church, Colored.” Before pleading to the merits he demurred to the indictment, on several grounds, but the only one insisted upon is the 3d ground, which is as follows: “Said indictment is…