Supreme Court of Georgia, 1900

Smith v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided January 25, 1900 · Lewis

110 Ga. 292; 35 S.E. 166; 1900 Ga. LEXIS 359

Opinion of the Court

Lewis, J.

Entering a courthouse and urinating against the door-facing therein is using the building “for an indecent purpose” within the meaning of the Penal Code, § 725; and such an act is a misdemeanor, whether as a result thereof the building is injured or defaced, or not.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concurring.

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