DISTURBANCE OF A PUBLIC MEETING

disturbance of a public  meeting.The  unlawful interference  with the  proceedings  of a  public

assembly. [Cases: Disturbance of Public Assemblage    1.C.J.S. Disturbance of Public Meetings §

3.]

“Generally speaking, any conduct which, being contrary to the usages of the particular sort of

meeting  and  class  of  persons  assembled,  interferes  with  its  due  progress  and  services,  or  is

annoying to the congregation in whole or in part, is a disturbance; and a meeting may be said to be

‘disturbed’  when  it  is  agitated,  aroused  from  a  state  of  repose,  molested,  interrupted,  hindered,

perplexed,  disquieted,  or  diverted  from  the  object  of  the  assembly.”  27  C.J.S.  Disturbance  of

Public Meetings § 1, at 817 (1959). [Blacks Law 8th]