Taylor v. State

Russell, J..1, 2. The first and second beadnotes arc self-explanatory.

3. To show that one is guilty of the crime of riot, the act in. which he must engage or participate in concert with another or other .persons must be either an act of violence expressly declared by law to be unlawful, or it must be some act which (though it would not necessarily be criminal) is committed so violently and is attended with such tumult as that the manner in which the act is performed disturbs the public peace. Riot is essentially an offense 'against the public peace and good order, and looks to this .rather…