If a magistrate or officer, having notice of an unlawful or riotous assembly, mentioned in this Chapter, neglects to proceed to the place of assembly, or as near thereto as he can with safety, and to exercise the authority with which he is invested for suppressing the same and arresting the offenders, he is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cal. Penal Code § 410
OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Frazier v. Moffatt (1951)
Most recently applied in Frazier v. Moffatt (December 1951)
Enacted 1872.
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