Hallsville Disturbing a Judicial Proceeding ordinance (§ 210.330)
Chapter 210: Offenses · Article III. Offenses Concerning Administration of Justice
In short: It's an offense to join an assembly and shout, or hold up a sign, about how a court case is run, a participant's character, or demanding a specific action, if you disrupt the proceeding and intend to intimidate a judge, attorney, juror, party or witness to influence it.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
A person commits the offense of disturbing a judicial proceeding if, with the purpose to intimidate a judge, attorney, juror, party or witness and thereby influence a judicial proceeding, he or she disrupts or disturbs a judicial proceeding by participating in an assembly and calling aloud, shouting, or holding or displaying a placard or sign containing written or printed matter, concerning the conduct of the judicial proceeding, or the character of a judge, attorney, juror, party or witness engaged in such proceeding, or calling for or demanding any specified action or determination by such judge, attorney, juror, party, or witness in connection with such proceeding.
Official source: City of Hallsville official Code of Ordinances (online), § 210.330
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.