Charged along w/ Creed Taylor, Nathan Nelson, George Croft, & Robert Wright. For disturbing worship services of the Morristown Methodist Episcopal Church South by "...Whispering, talking Laughing Scoffing Walking about making a loud noise Jesturing [sic] and other wrongs..."

John Coker, alias Floyd, was charged with disorderly conduct/aiding and abetting by his presence and dancing with a prostitute at the house of Mary Oakes on Mabry Street and causing a general disturbance to the neighbors.

Opinion only.

In a previous case Plaintiff in error was convicted of disturbing public worship. Plaintiff in error filed this claim as an appeal.

Additional Defendants: William Gillaspie; James Faris; Thomas Dixon
Other causes of action: unlawful entry; assault

Indicted by a grand jury for disturbing the peace at an "an assembly for literacy or educational purposes." Defendant moved to quash the indictment with a plea in abatement challenging the testimony of a grand jury witness, J.J. Nomack. Defendant could not write his own name on the court papers instead making his mark, an X, on the them.

Additional parties: William Branham also known as "Buck" Branham, James Branham, and G. Wright.

Additional parties: Ellis Davis

Defendant is being charged with profanity for saying "God damned."

Cause of Action: Resisting Arrest and Disturbing a Public Assembly.

State charged the defendant with disturbing an educational and literary meeting at Hally Spring's College with noise and rude and indecent behavior. The circuit court jury found him guilty and ordered he pay $20 and cost of suit.

Defendant accused of interrupting a congregation of Methodists assembled to worship by "talking, cussing and swearing with a loud voice" and so disturbing public worship, said disturbance to be "against good morals" & "in contempt of religion." Transcript notes that one potential witness, William King, was "objected to as incompetent being of mixed blood." Also, judge told jury all that was necessary to constitute a disturbance was that 1 individual be disturbed, not entire congregation.

Plaintiff is accused of disturbing worship in Lasea Church in Maury County by making loud noise and behaving in a way that was indecent and profane.

Cause of action listed as "disturbing educational and literary meeting." For disturbing a meeting at Methodist church in Eastport. See also State v. Lee Beaty in ET 1687.

The defendant is accused of entering a church and disrupting worship by speaking and shaking hands with members of the congregation. Witnesses note that the defendant was noticeably intoxicated at the time of the disruption.

Jack Anderson was charged with disturbing religious worship services by using "pofane discourse" and having "rude and indecent behavior."

On September 20, 1870 John Brown willfully interrupted, disturbed and disquieted a congregation for public worship by playing at the door of the church a Jew's harp(actual instrument) and by rude and improper behavior.

Alias Sonney Young. Young was accused of profane discourse, rude and indecent behaviors near a place of worship.

Phillips was charged with disturbing Ausments Chapel Church in Cannon County with noise, profane discourse, rude and indecent behavior.

Defendant is charged with disturbing "a certain congregation of Christians."