Anti-riots: Hearing Before the Subcommittee No. 4...90-1, on H.R. 12328, H.R. 12605, H.R. 12721, H.R. 12557, Relating to the Prohibition of Riots and Indictment to Riot in the District of Columbia, October 4, 1967 |
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Common terms and phrases
action actually aforesaid amended ANNOTATED armed arrest assemblage assist attempt authority authority of law bill building carry cause Chairman chapter civil Code command commerce commit committee common law conduct conviction county jail court damage danger deemed defined definition depart destroy disperse District of Columbia disturbing the public duty encourage engaged exceeding execution exercise felony fined five follows force or violence guilty House hundred dollars immediately imprisonment incitement to riot injury intent interstate judge jurisdiction justice killed lawfully legislation less magistrate manner means meeting mentioned misdemeanor months neglects offense penalty penitentiary person or property persons assemble police present proceed proclamation provisions public officer public peace punished punished by imprisonment refuses resist REVISED riot rioters riotous riotous assembly rout sheriff Source statute suppressing thereof thousand dollars threat tumultuous United unlawful act unlawful assembly unlawfully urge VINSON weapon WHITENER Whoever willfully
Popular passages
Page 51 - ... no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may so testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, and no testimony so given or produced shall be received against him upon any criminal investigation or proceeding.
Page 2 - SEC. 303. (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of section 301 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall on conviction thereof be subject to imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both...
Page 64 - That the inhabitants of Maryland are entitled to the common law of England, and the trial by jury, according to the course of that law...
Page 40 - Our sovereign lord the king chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of king George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the king.
Page 64 - ... shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding one year, or by both such punishments, in the discretion of the court.
Page 33 - ... a vessel of the United States, on the high seas, or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, unlawfully and with force, or by fraud, or intimidation, usurps the command of such vessel from the master or other lawful officer in command thereof, or deprives him of authority and command on board, or resists or prevents him in the free and lawful exercise thereof, or transfers such authority and command to another not lawfully entitled thereto, is guilty...
Page 32 - When committed upon the high seas, or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State...
Page 47 - If two or more persons assemble for the purpose of disturbing the public peace or committing any unlawful act, and do not disperse on being desired or commanded so to do by a...
Page 37 - Any use of force or violence, disturbing the public peace, or any threat to use such force or violence, if accompanied by immediate power of execution, by two or more persons acting together, and without authority of law, is a riot.
Page 33 - commerce" means commerce between any State, Territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof; or between points within the same State, Territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, but through any place outside thereof; or within any Territory or possession or the District of Columbia. (k) The term "United States" means the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Territories and possessions of the United States.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Anti-riots: Hearing Before the Subcommittee No. 4...90-1, on H.R. 12328, H.R. 12605, H.R. 12721, H.R. 12557, Relating to the Prohibition of Riots and Indictment to Riot in the District of Columbia, October 4, 1967 |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia |
| Published | 1967 |
| Length | 70 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |