State v. Tessier

This is a criminal complaint charging that the defendant violated section 11 of chapter 40 of the revised .ordinances of the city of Woonsocket in that on September 11, 1962 he “did behave in a disorderly manner, to wit, loud and abusive language * * *. To the annoyance and disturbance of a portion of the peaceable inhabitants of said City * * *.” After a trial to a justice of the superior court sitting without a jury, the defendant was found guilty of the offense as charged. The case is here on a bill of exceptions to that decision and to other rulings made during the trial.

Neither raised…