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DOYLE v. ATWELL

No. 306.

261 U.S. 590 (1923)

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK EX REL. DOYLE ET AL. v. ATWELL, ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur Garfield Hays for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Frederick E. Weeks for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

The record presents a preliminary question as to our jurisdiction under the writ of error.

The relators were arrested by the police of the City of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., while holding a street meeting, on the charge of violating an ordinance which prohibited, under penalty of fine, the gathering or assembling of persons or the holding of public meetings upon the public...

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