Urine trouble, said prosecutors. SJC flushes charges.
Court ruling turns on 1851 law’s idea of what’s 'noxious or filthy'
YOU DON’T NEED a good-manners manual to know that relieving yourself all over the floor is a breach of basic decorum, decency, and hygiene. But it’s apparently not criminal. At least not under the terms of an 1851 statute. That is the upshot of a Supreme Judicial Court decision issued on Tuesday in which the(...)