Ellis v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. Heard, before Hou. A. E. Gamble. Jule Ellis Avas convicted of disturbing religious wor- ' ship, and he appeals. A summary of the evidence appears in the opinion.
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Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. Heard, before Hou. A. E. Gamble. Jule Ellis Avas convicted of disturbing religious wor- ' ship, and he appeals. A summary of the evidence appears in the opinion. Charge E is as folloAvs: The court charges the jury that, although you may believe from the evidence in this case that defendant used the language charged to have been used by him, yet you cannot convict defendant unless you further believe from the evidence that, at the time such language Avas used, the same Avas used by defendant for the purpose of Avillfully disturbing or interrupting an…
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, J.
The defendant Avas indicted under section 6768 of the Criminal Code for disturbing religious Avorship. The evidence for the state shoAved that the cursing and other discourse of the defendant, relied upon as acts constituting a disturbance of religious Avorship such as denounced by the statute, took place on the church grounds, Avhere the members of the church had assembled to attend religious services. At the particular time the disturbance is shoivn to have occurred, the members Avere eating a “basket dinner,” just after the close of the regular morning religious service that had taken…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Salter v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Kinney v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1862
- Lancaster v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
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- Culpepper v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946