47 A. 267 | N.H. | 1900
"No person shall address any offensive, derisive, or annoying word to any other person who is lawfully in any street or other public place, nor call him by any offensive or derisive name, nor make any noise or exclamation in his presence and hearing, with intent to deride, offend, or annoy him, or to prevent him from pursuing his lawful business or occupation." P.S., c. 264, s. 2. This provision originated with the act of 1885, entitled "An act in amendment of section 1 of chapter 269 of the General Laws [now s. 1, c. 264, P.S.], and to aid and protect the laboring and manufacturing interests of the state." Laws 1885, c. 76. The purpose of the act seems to have been to insure to persons freedom in the pursuit of their lawful occupations. Upon the revision of the statutes in 1891, the subject was incorporated into an independent section, and the provision was broadened in scope and purpose. Com'rs Rep. P.S., c. 263, s. 2. The place where the offence may be committed was changed from any street along which the person addressed may be passing, "to, from, or about his lawful business or occupation," to "any street or other public place" in which he may lawfully be. The purpose of the amended section was to preserve the public peace, — not merely to insure the freedom of labor. State v. Brown,
The defendant relies on State v. Hall,
The defendant must be adjudged guilty in accordance with the agreement of the parties.
Case discharged.
All concurred.