Case Name: Robert Martin v. The State
Court: Tennessee Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Decision Date: 1873-09
Citations: 65 Tenn. 234
Docket Number: 
Parties: Robert Martin v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Tennessee Reports
Volume: 65
Pages: 234–234

Head Matter:
Robert Martin v. The State.
CRmnsrAii Law. Distwbmg public worship. What is.
EJROM JEEEERSON.
Appeal from the Circuit Court. James H. Randolph, Judge.
Attorney-General Heiskell for the State.
No brief for defendant.

Opinion:
Sneed, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
An assemblage of persons for the organization and conduct of a Sunday-school, where the Bible and the precepts of religion are taught, is a worshipping assembly in the sense of the statute which makes the willful disturbance of public worship indictable.
The judgment is affirmed.