Riley v. Inhabitants of the City of Trenton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Garrison, J.

The prosecutor was convicted before a police justice of the city of Trenton of the offence'of selling, liquor upon Sunday, in violation of the second section of an ordinance of the board of excise commissioners of said city. The proceedings, which were of a summary nature, are now before us for review upon certiorari.

Three reasons are presented by the prosecutor as grounds for the reversal of the judgment against him.

The first reason is, that he was refused a trial by jury.

A similar contention was made in the case of Howe v. Plainfield, 8…