Nelson v. City of Natchez

The City of Natchez has an ordinance which makes it a criminal offense against the city for any person to profanely swear or curse or use vulg'ar or indecent language in any public place within its corporate limits. Appellant was charged with having violated this ordinance in a public place, namely, in the Splendid Cafe at the intersection of Franklin and Union Streets. The charge was amply proved.

There are differences in the literal purport of the term “public place,” and appellant'contends that when the rule of strict construction is applied to the penal ordinance in question, it must be…