Sowell v. State

Citations

• 102 Miss. 599
• 59 So. 848

Syllabus

<p>1. Ceiminal Law. Indictment. Sufficiency. Code 1906, section 1113.</p> <p>An -indictment is sufficient if' the crime is charged in direct, concise and positive terms; and in misdemeanors it is only-necessary that the offense he substantially charged.</p> <p>2. Disturbance of Public Assemblage. Indictment. Sufficiency.</p> <p>An indictment for disturbing religious worship under Code 1906, section 1113, is sufficient, which charges that defendant “unlawfully and willfully disturbed a congregation of persons lawfully assembled for religious worship at Prospect Church by then and there talking in a loud tone of voice, in the presence and hearing of said congregation.”</p>