State v. Tode

The defendant was found guilty of the crime of breach of the peace by assault and battery in violation of § 53-174 of the General Statutes in a trial by the court and has appealed from the judgment.

The following facts, with such corrections as we consider allowable, were found: On May 20, 1961, the complaining witness, Ernest Hinz, who was a bartender at a restaurant operated by the defendant in Ridgefield, joined other employees of the defendant in a social party in the rooms at the inn where the employees were staying. In the course of this convivial gathering, all members of the party…