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PEOPLE v. STEELE

70 Misc.2d 351 (1972)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Mary Steele, Patricia Hardy, Carol Vericker, Mary Scully, Gloria Fitzgerald, Eileen Shanahan, Patricia Walsh, Maureen Walsh, Defendants.

Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York County.

June 23, 1972

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Bernard C. Baldwin, III, of counsel), for plaintiff. Margaret Ratner for defendants.

ERNST H. ROSENBERGER, J.

The defendants, seven nuns and one laywoman, are charged with a violation of section 240.21 of the Penal Law. It is alleged that they were "lying in the center aisle of St. Patrick's Cathedral during a high mass and thereby caused a disturbance of said religious service without permission or authority." There is no allegation of noise or shouting.

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