People v. Squires

This appeal is from a conviction in the Fourth District Magistrates’ Court, Borough of Manhattan, for disorderly conduct tending to a breach of the peace. The complaint is that the defendant on the 17th day of July, 1929, in an elevated train in said borough, “ Did then and there solicit alms by placing leaflets on the laps of passengers in said train at said time to their annoyance.” The defendant, a witness in his own behalf, testified that he went through the car and passed out “ these pamphlets ” to the passengers; that no complaint or objection was made by any of said passengers at the…