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Bodenhamer v. StateBodenhamer v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas
Dec 8, 1894
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Bunn
Bunn, C. J.

1. Indictment for profanity held good. (after stating the facts.) The indictment ‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‍is for a purely statutory offense, as enacted in section 1880, Mansfield’s Digest, and a majority of the court are of the opinion that ‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‍the offense is sufficiently charged therein, the same being charged in the language of the statute. State v. Moser, 33 Ark. 140; State v. Witt, 39 Ark. ‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‍216; State v. Snyder, 41 Ark. 226.

2. Profane language need not be publicly used. There was no error in the refusal of the court to give the ‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‍second instruction asked by defendant, since the statute does not require that the profane language shall be used publicly in order to constitute the ‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‍crime charged.

Finding no error, the judgment of the Baxter circuit court is affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Bodenhamer v. State
Court Name: Supreme Court of Arkansas
Date Published: Dec 8, 1894
Citations: 28 S.W. 507; 60 Ark. 10; 1894 Ark. LEXIS 2
Court Abbreviation: Ark.
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