Any person who profanely swears or curses in the presence of any court of record commits a Class C misdemeanor.
Code 1858, § 1727 (deriv. Acts 1741, ch. 14, § 4); Shan., § 3034; Code 1932, § 5256; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-907; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
Code Commission Notes.
Portions of this section have been rewritten by the executive secretary to the Tennessee code commission to implement Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113, effective November 1, 1989, which requested that the executive secretary amend this section by deleting the penalty provision and inserting language to indicate violation of the section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Cross-References. Penalty for Class C misdemeanor, §40-35-111.
Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), § 24.15.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 7 Tenn. Juris., Contempt, § 13; 21 Tenn. Juris., Profanity, § 1.
Cited: Stockton v. State, 155 Tenn. 11, 290 S.W. 7, 1926 Tenn. LEXIS 12 (1927); Konvalinka v. Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hosp. Auth., 249 S.W.3d 346, 2008 Tenn. LEXIS 103 (Tenn. Feb. 13, 2008).