Legal Opinion · Dissent
City of Chicago v. Terminiello
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 25, 1947No. Gen. No. 44,062Published
1DissentNiemeyer, P. J.
The offense charged is a breach of the peace, or a diversion tending to a breach of the peace. As it is not defined by statute or ordinance we must look to the common law for its meaning. Breach of the peace is a generic term, including all violations of public peace or order, and acts tending to promote or excite others to breach of the peace. 8 Am. Jur., Breach of Peace, secs. 3 and 6; Words and Phrases, vol. 5, p. 763; St. Louis v. Slupsky, 254 Mo. 309; State v. Steger, 94 W. Va. 576. The acts must be public in character and such as actually tend to disturb the public peace and quiet.…
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