Stewart v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from Cleveland County Court; N. IS. Sharp, Judge. Fred Stewart, Claude Stewart, Earl Stewart, Charlie Wilson, Frank Wilson, Charley Blanton, Jess Blanton, Ira Butler, and Walter Butler were convicted of grossly disturbing the public peace, and their punishment was assessed at a fine of $15 each. They filed a motion for a new trial, which was heard and overruled, and they appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BICHAPCDSON, Judge.
The information in this- case charged that the plaintiffs in error did “unlawfully, wilfully, and wrongfully commit divers acts of yelling, hollering, and uttering loud and vociferous language, thereby grossly disturbing the public peace of said community.” The information was drawn under running section 2650, Wilson’s Bev. & Ann. St. 1903 (section 2782, Snyder’s Comp. Laws), which reads as follows:
“Every person who wilfully and wrongfully commits any act which * * * grossly disturbs the public peace or health, * * * although no punishment is expressly prescribed therefor…
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