City of Charleston v. Coker

On July 24, 1915, at Charleston, Mo., on Commercial street, the appealing defendant exercised his inalienable right to fight, and since then has been trying to adjust the matter with society. P. A. Addy participated in the fight but not in the trial from which this appeal resulted. .

*160Charleston has an ordinance providing that “if any person or persons in this city shall willfully disturb the peace of any neighborhood . . . or of any person by . . . striking or fighting another . . . he or they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.” Defendant was charged with violating- that ordinance— that…