People v. Burke

The various provisions of the Penal Law for a violation of which the defendants were convicted provide as follows:

“ § 1140. Exposure of person. A person who wilfully and lewdly exposes his person, or the private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where others are present, or procures another so to expose himself, is guilty of a misdemeanor.” (Italics are the,_writer’§.)

*85“ § 1530. Public nuisance defined. A ' public nuisance ’ is a crime against the order and economy of the state, and consists in unlawfully doing an act, or omitting to perform a duty, which act or omission: * *…