Nash v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Hopkins. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Morris, County Judge. Appellant was prosecuted by information for a disturbance of religious worship, and was at his trial convicted, with the punishment assessed at a fine of $25. The facts are concisely, but lucidly, stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Motion to dismiss appeal, because the offense named in the recognizance is not that charged in the information.
The information charges, that appellant did, by loud, vociferous talking and swearing, willfully and unlawfully disturb a congregation assembled for religious worship. The recognizance states, that appellant "stands charged with the offense of willfully disturbing a congregation assembled for religious worship," etc.
The objection to this recognizance is, that it does not set forth the manner or means by which the congregation was disturbed. If a congregation assembled for religious…
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