PORADA, J.
The defendant was found guilty by a jury in the District Court of being a disorderly person under G. L. c. 272, § 53. On appeal, he claims that the District Court judge erred in failing to instruct the jury that the Commonwealth must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant's conduct could not have served any legitimate purpose, including the exercise of First Amendment rights, and in failing to allow the
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