Goulding v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of Monroe. Tried before the Hon. Wat. E. Clarke. No counsel appeared in this court for the defendant, so far as the record and the dockets show.
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
— The defendant is indicted under section 4199 of the Code, which declares that “ any person who willfully interrupts or disturbs any assemblage of people *49met for religious worship, by noise, profane discourse, rude or indecent behavior, or any other act, at or near the place of worship,” is guilty of a misdemeanor. The interruption or disturbance was occasioned by a fight, in which the defendant engaged, within a few feet of the church, in which there was an assemblage of people, who had met for religious worship. The evidence was in conflict as to who brought on the difficulty, or struck…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Harrison v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1861
- Lancaster v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
3Cited by3 opinions
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Salter v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Stafford v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908