Brown v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court of Henry. Tried before Hon. J. McCaleb Wiley. The appellants, Burrell Brown, William Ashley, William Weems and Wesley MeKissock, who were jointly indicted under section 3612 of the Revised Code for disturbing religious worship, went to trial on plea of not guilty, were found guilty, and fined.
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Appeal from Circuit Court of Henry. Tried before Hon. J. McCaleb Wiley. The appellants, Burrell Brown, William Ashley, William Weems and Wesley MeKissock, who were jointly indicted under section 3612 of the Revised Code for disturbing religious worship, went to trial on plea of not guilty, were found guilty, and fined. From the bill of exceptions taken on the trial, it appeared that when a portion of the congregation had assembled for public worship at Sale Chapel, in Henry county, but before service commenced, the appellants came by on horseback, at a gallop, some fifty yards from church,…
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, C. J.
— By section 3612 of the Eevised Code it is provided that “ any person who willfully interrupts or disturbs any assemblage of people met for religious worship, by noise, profane discourse, rude or indecent behavior, or any other act, at or near the place of worship, must on conviction be fined not less than twenty, nor more than two hundred dollars, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail, or sentenced to hard labor for the county, for not more than one year.”
To constitute an offense under this section, there must be not only an actual interruption or disturbance of an assemblage of…
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