Ligon v. State

Appellant was prosecuted under complaint and information for the offense of unlawful assembly, which is defined in our statute (article 435, P. C.) as follows:

“An ‘unlawful assembly’ is the meeting of three or more persons with intent to aid each other by violence, or in any other manner either to commit an offense, or illegally to deprive any person of any right, or to disturb him in the enjoyment thereof.”

There were several counts in the information charging this offense, and in the same information appellant was charged with riot, as defined in article 451, P. C. His conviction was for…