People v. Baylinson

Mekrell, J.:

Section 43 of the Penal Law provides that: “ A person who wilfully and wrongfully commits any act which seriously injures the person or property of another, or which seriously disturbs or endangers the public peace or health, or which openly outrages public decency, for which no other punishment is expressly prescribed by this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor * *

The judgment of conviction from which the defendant has appealed recites his conviction for “ the misdemeanor of unlawfully violating section 43 of the Penal Law, committed in the city and county of New York on February…