Henderson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for misdemeanor; from city court of Blackshear— Judge Mitchell. October 11, 1919. The indictment charged Tobo Henderson with having interrupted and disturbed a public school by loud talking and boisterous conduct, the school “being an assemblage and meeting lawfully and peacefully held for the purpose of scientific, literary, and social improvement.”
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Indictment for misdemeanor; from city court of Blackshear— Judge Mitchell. October 11, 1919. The indictment charged Tobo Henderson with having interrupted and disturbed a public school by loud talking and boisterous conduct, the school “being an assemblage and meeting lawfully and peacefully held for the purpose of scientific, literary, and social improvement.” On the trial it was testified, that in December, 1917, a play was given at night by the public school at Hoboken, in Pierce county; the play was given by the school children, and it was an assemblage of the school for the purppse of…
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.
The evidence, with the legal deductions and inferences therefrom, authorized a finding that the defendant violated section 424 of the Penal Code by wilfully interrupting and disturbing a meeting of a public school, lawfully and peacefully held in the schoolhouse for the purpose of social improvement. This is true although the meeting was an entertainment (consisting of recitations, music, and a “play,” by the pupils of the school), given at a time when there was no formal or ordinary session of the school itself for the purpose of instructing the pupils in their usual studies. See, in this…
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- Gazaway v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
- Harwell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
3Cited by1 opinion
- Fowler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1956