T. P. Wood v. State

Citations

• 16 Tex. Ct. App. 574
• 1884 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 153

Syllabus

<p>1. Disturbing Religious Worship—Definition of “Wilful.”—The gift of the offense of disturbing religious worship is that the disturbance was “ wilful.” The word “ wilful,” when used in a penal statute, means with evil intent, or legal malice, or without reasonable grounds of believing the act to be lawful.</p> <p>2. Same—Pact Case.—See evidence held insufficient to support a conviction for disturbing religious worship, inasmuch as it does not show the disturbance to have been wilful.</p>