West v. State

J. A. West, plaintiff in error, here referred to as the defendant, was by verdict of a jury, rendered August 16, 1922, convicted of a violation of section 2287, Compiled Statutes 1921, commonly known as the offense of outraging public decency. His punishment was fixed at a fine of $500 and imprisonment in the county jail for a term of 12 months. From a judgment on the verdict, he appeals.

The statute upon which this accusation was based (section 2287, supra), reads as follows:

"Any person who willfully and wrongfully commits any act which grossly injures the person or property of another, or…