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When, to constitute the offense, an act must be done in a public place, and such public place is not more particularly defined in the statute, it is sufficient to allege in an indictment that the act was done "in a public place" generally.

(Code 1852, §572; Code 1867, §4122; Code 1876, §4795; Code 1886, §4375; Code 1896, §4903; Code 1907, §7141; Code 1923, §4536; Code 1940, T. 15, §239.)