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STATE OF OREGON v. DEWEY

206 Or. 496 (1956)

STATE OF OREGON v. DEWEY

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Affirmed January 18, 1956.

Petition for rehearing denied March 1, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo Levenson, Portland, argued the cause and filed a brief for Appellants.

Robert M. Christ, deputy district attorney for Multnomah County, Portland, argued the cause for Respondent. On the brief were John B. McCourt, district attorney for Multnomah County, Charles E. Raymond and James J. Kennedy, deputy district attorneys for Multnomah County, Portland.

Before WARNER, Chief Justice, and TOOZE, ROSSMAN, LUSK and LATOURETTE, Justices.

AFFIRMED.

LUSK, J.

The appellants, Dr. H.R. Dewey, Doris Hofstra (spelled Hoffstra in the indictment) and Johanna Eizema, and others, were jointly indicted of the crime of "committing on act grossly disturbing the public peace and health, openly outraging public decency and injurious to public morals," alleged to have been committed as follows:

"The said Dr. H.R. Dewey, Dr. Kenneth E. Dewey, Doris Hoffstra, Johanna Doe, whose true

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