People v. Gordon

Per Curiam :

Defendants were charged with and convicted of using threatening, abusive and insulting behavior with intent to provoke a breach of the peace and whereby, a breach of the peace *186might be occasioned, in that they did push and jostle passengers about to board a trolley car on August 19, 1922, at 84th street and Long Island Railroad depot, Hammel Station, in the county of Queens, Hew York city.

Many of the questions propounded by the court as affecting the character and the credibility of the defendants were incompetent, particularly inquiries concerning prior arrests. Peo. v. Crapo, 15…