State v. Jenkins

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Case, Chief Justice.

Harry Jenkins and Edward J. Mescall were the chief of police and deputy chief of police, respectively, of Union City. They were indicted for misconduct in office in having violated their public duties with respect to horse-race gambling. The brief presents the same points and, except in a few instances, in precisely the same words as does the defendants’ brief in State v. McFeeley, 136 N. J. L. 103, decided contemporaneously herewith. We find no legal element to distinguish this case from the McFeeley case other than that in the…