State v. Sanderson

The respondent Peter William Sanderson was adjudged guilty of disturbing the public peace in a trial by the Addison Municipal Court. The cause was heard by the court without a jury. The single question presented by the respondent’s appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction. These are the facts upon which the judgment was entered.

The respondent became angered when he learned that James Nelson had entered a complaint with the Department of Public Safety concerning reckless motor vehicle operation on the public highway in front of the complainant’s home in Leicester,…