Gunn v. Territory of Oklahoma

Opinion of the conrt by

Burwell, J.:

Section 8558 of the Statutes of Oklahoma of 1893 provides:

“Every person who wrongfully commits any act which grossly injures the person or property of another, or which grossly disturbs the public peace or health, or which openly outrages public decency, and is injurious to public morals, although no punish- meat is expressly prescribed therefor by this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor.”

The indictment in this ease charges “that the defendant, Dr. W. H. Gunn, did, in Oklahoma county and in the Territory of Oklahoma, on the 10th day of January, A. D., 1906,…