Nichols v. State

Emanuel Nichols was convicted for violating section 418 of the Penal Code, which provides that: “Any person who shall, by cursing or using profane or obscene language, or by being intoxicated, or otherwise indecently acting, interrupt, or in any manner disturb, a congregation of persons lawfully assembled for divine service, and until they are dispersed from such place of worship, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” A motion for a new trial was made and overruled; whereupon movant excepted. The motion alleges that the verdict is contrary to law and the evidence; and that the court erred in…