Harwell v. State

The language of the statute is: “Any person who shall willfully interrupt or disturb any public school, private school, or Sunday-school, or any assemblage or meeting of any such school, lawfully and peacefully held for the purpose of scientific, literary, social, or religious improvement, 'either within or without the place where such school is usually held, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” The proof is that a sleight-of-hand performer, desiring to give a show in the community, obtained the use of the school-house by agreeing to give the trustees 10 per cent, of the door receipts for the…