People v. Sternberg

This is an appeal from a conviction of disorderly conduct tending to a breach of the peace. The complaint charges the appellant with using loud language and causing' a crowd to collect on Thirty-sixth street between Broadway and Seventh avenue in New York county at two-fifty-five p. m. on August 27, 1931.

The officer that made the arrest is the only witness for the People. He says that at the time and on the day mentioned he was regulating traffic, when a car pulled up at the side of the street. The appellant was seated with the chauffeur of the car, and the officer, addressing the chauffeur,…