Smith and Brown v. State

Appellants were jointly charged by information with the “crime of felony committed as follows, to-wit: The said defendants on the 20th day of August, 1943, in Jefferson county, Arkansas, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously, by threats and the use of force and violence, prevent R. A. Dickey from engaging in the painting of a building in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, said painting being a lawful vocation, contrary to the statute in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State of Arkansas.”

Trial resulted in a verdict finding appellants guilty and…