Commonwealth v. Conlin

Lewis, J.,

Defendant has appealed to us from a summary conviction for disorderly conduct.

On January 29, 1954, a warrant was issued for the arrest of defendant, charging disorderly conduct by wilfully making or causing to made, loud, boisterous and unseemly noises to the annoyance of the peaceable residents nearby whereby the public peace was broken and disturbed, by firing high-powered rifles and shotguns within 150 feet of resident homes, all contrary to the act of assembly in this Commonwealth in such case made and provided.

The Act of June 24,1939, P. L. 872, sec. 406, 18 PS §4406, defines…