State v. Snyder

Information against the appellee for disturbing a religious society and its members, when met together for public worship. Trial; verdict and judgment for the defendant.

The information is founded on § 37 of the act defining misdemeanors (2 E. S. p. 437), which provides that “if any person shall disturb any religious society, or any member thereof, when met or meeting together for public worship, * * * such person shall be fined,” &c.

On the trial, the state proved that there was a religious society convened at a schoolhouse, for the purpose of religious worship, at which the defendant was…