People v. Harvey

Section 720 of the New York Penal Law brands as . guilty of the misdemeanor of disorderly conduct, “ Any person who shall by any offensive or disorderly act or language, *590annoy or interfere with any person in any place ’ ’. After a disturbance in a tavern, this defendant left there at the request of a police officer, then, when those two and others had gone outside, defendant tried to take the policeman’s night stick away from him. Surely, that could not unreasonably be' called, an “ offensive ”, “ disorderly ” and “ annoying ” act, if those terms have any meaning at all.

Defendant, however,,…