Legal Opinion
People v. Vaughan
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 28, 1944No. Crim. A. 2016PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, P. J.
The charge against defendants is that they wilfully, and maliciously disturbed the peace and quiet of the complainant and other persons present by loud and unusual noise and by tumultuous and offensive conduct, in violation of section 415 of the Penal Code. It appears that the defendants are members and ordained ministers of a religious organization known as Jehovah’s Witnesses, and that they went to a hotel known as the Daily Hotel, in the city of Los Angeles, taking with them a supply of pamphlets and other printed matter in which the religious tenets and views of their organization were…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- People v. SmithCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1939
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3Cited by11 opinions
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