Von Rueden v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to review a judgment of the municipal court for the eastern district of “Waukesha county: D. S. Tullar,. Judge. The plaintiffs in error, Joseph Von Rueden, John Bealcmd,. and Edward Sargeant, were arrested, tried, and convicted of having, on the 15th day of June, 1896, at the town of Eagle, in Waukesha county, “ wilfully and unlawfully and maliciously interrupted and molested an assembly or meeting of people lawfully and peaceably assembled on the public highway for…
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ERROR to review a judgment of the municipal court for the eastern district of “Waukesha county: D. S. Tullar,. Judge. The plaintiffs in error, Joseph Von Rueden, John Bealcmd,. and Edward Sargeant, were arrested, tried, and convicted of having, on the 15th day of June, 1896, at the town of Eagle, in Waukesha county, “ wilfully and unlawfully and maliciously interrupted and molested an assembly or meeting of people lawfully and peaceably assembled on the public highway for the purpose of listening to a certain lecture delivered by one M. J. Fanning, in said town, in this: that the-accused then…
1Opinion of the CourtPinney, J.
1. The statute under which the plaintiffs in ■error were convicted provides that “ any person who shall •at any time wilfully interrupt or molest any assembly or meeting of people, for religious worship or for other purposes, lawfully and peaceably assembled, shall be punished by fine,” etc. [R. S. sec. 4597.] It is objected that the complaint is defective in not showing that the meeting mentioned was assembled for worship or other like purpose, and that the nature and purpose of the lecture or assembly •should have been stated to enable the court to say that it •■was a lawful assemblage. The…
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