Porter v. State

Shulman, Judge.

Five of seven defendants in the trial below appeal from their convictions for creating a public disturbance in violation of Code Ann. § 26-2605. The defendants entered the Calvary Holiness Church in Cassville, Georgia, during a Sunday evening religious service. While there they allegedly yelled, laughed, and mocked and mimicked the service. At one point two of the defendants, not appellants herein, brought into the church copperhead snakes which they handled and allegedly placed on or near the persons of several of the congregation. One of the defendants in this appeal…