CHAPTER XXXIV.

 

DRUNKENNESS—BLASPHEMY—PROFANITY.

 

CONTENTS.

 

SECTION 1.   Drunkenness—Punishment.

2.   Blasphemy—Punishment.

3.   Profanity—Punishment.

 

1. Whoever is found drunk in any street, road, or other public place, from the voluntary use of any intoxicating liquor, shall, on the first conviction for such offense, be punished by a fine not exceeding six dollars, and on any conviction for any like offense committed after the first conviction by a fine not exceeding twelve dollars, or by imprisonment at hard labor not more than three months; but no prosecution for such offense shall be sustained, unless it shall be commenced within six months after the commission thereof. (1860, p. 13.)

 

2. Whoever blasphemes the holy name of God, by denying, cursing, or contumeliously reproaching God, His creation, government, or final judging of the world; or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost; or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching the holy word of God, contained in the holy scriptures, or exposing them to contempt or ridicule, shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor not more than one year, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.

 

3.  Whoever, having arrived at the age of discretion, profanely curses or swears, shall be punished by a fine from one to six dollars; but no prosecution for such offense shall be sustained, unless it shall be commenced within thirty days after She commission of the offense.