Horowitz v. District of Columbia

HOOD, Chief Judge:

This appeal presents the sole question whether the information, under which appellant was convicted, should have been dismissed for failure to allege essential facts constituting an offense.

The information, filed under D.C.Code 1967, § 22-1107, entitled “Unlawful assembly — Profane and indecent language”, was on a printed form with check marks to indicate the particular violation. When the irrelevant parts of the printed form are eliminated, the information charged:

Appellant under circumstances likely to cause a breach of the peace did congregate and assemble with others in…