City of Chicago v. Terminiello

This is a direct appeal from a judgment of the municipal court of Chicago entered upon a verdict of a jury finding appellant guilty of violating subsection 1 of section 1 of chapter 193 of the Revised Code of 1939, as amended, of the ordinances of the city of Chicago, in that he “did make or aid in making an improper noise or diversion tending to a breach of the peace within the limits of the city [Chicago] in violation of” the above ordinance. The charge grew out of a meeting at a women’s clubhouse in the city of Chicago where appellant was the speaker. A large crowd gathered inside the hall…