Hicks v. State

Jackson, Judge.

This was a general demurrer to the indictment, and a motion to arrest the judgment because the indictment was insufficient in law. There was no special demurrer setting out wherein it was insufficient. The sole question is, was the court right in holding the indictment-sufficient on general demurrer thereto, and on the motion to arrest the judgment ?

The misdemeanor consisted in interrupting a religious congregation engaged in worship, and there were two counts in the indictment: first, that the defendants “ did then and there, in a tumultuous and boisterous manner, and by…