GELINAS, J.
After a jury trial in the Northampton Division of the District Court Department, the defendant was convicted under G. L. c. 269, § 2, of failing to obey the order of a police officer to disperse from an "unlawful assembly." On appeal, the defendant argues that the phrase "riotously or tumultuously assembled," set forth in the statute, should be read conjunctively with the term "unlawful assembly" to define the offense, and that when the judge omitted...
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