Mayor of Newark v. Murphy
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On certiorari. The defendant, James Murphy, on the 1st day of August, A. d. 1877, at the city of Newark, N. J., was arrested by John W. Campbell, a special policeman, on view, for selling hawking, peddling and vending ice. He was immediately taken before the police justice by said officer. A complaint, under oath, was made and filed on the same day.
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On certiorari. The defendant, James Murphy, on the 1st day of August, A. d. 1877, at the city of Newark, N. J., was arrested by John W. Campbell, a special policeman, on view, for selling hawking, peddling and vending ice. He was immediately taken before the police justice by said officer. A complaint, under oath, was made and filed on the same day. The complaint was as follows: “ John W. Campbell, license inspector in the city of Newark, complains of James Murphy, who is in custody in said city; and said complainant being duly sworn, on oath doth depose and say—That, on the 1st day of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Reed, J.
The city of Newark, by section four hundred and seven of their revised ordinances, provided that the several policemen of the eiiy shall have power to arrest all persons found violating any law or ordinance, or aiding and abetting in any such violation; * * * and shall take all such persons so arrested to the police office or station-house, or other place designated by the police rules. The question discussed on the argument was whether there was power in the common council to authorize, by ordinance, the arrest of a violator of an ordinance,…
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