State v. Norton
Supreme Court of New Jersey
This was an indictment found at the Morris county Oyer and Terminer, and was removed, by the defendants, into this court by certiorari. The indictment contained ten counts.
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This was an indictment found at the Morris county Oyer and Terminer, and was removed, by the defendants, into this court by certiorari. The indictment contained ten counts. The first count was as follows: The grand jurors of the state of New Jersey, in and for the body of the county of Morris, on their oaths present, that Lambert Norton, William Thompson, Jacob M. King, Joseph Cutler, Samuel S. Doty, and David Sanderson, all late of the township of M., in the county of M., and state of N. J., on the 30th day of October, in the year 1839, at &c., and within the jurisdiction of this court,…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice
delivered the opinion of the court.
The first count of the indictment, stript of its technical phraseology, charges that the defendants, with intent to defraud “the President, Directors, and Company of the State Bank at Morris,” and other persons to the jurors unknown, fraudulently and maliciously conspired, combined, and confederated among themselves, by unlawful practices, to cheat and defraud the said company, and other persons to the jurors unknown ; and that, in pursuance of the said conspiracy, they fraudulently, maliciously, and unlawfully caused the name of David…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. JuddMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. KressNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1969
- State v. LombardoNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
- State v. LasterNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1961
- Buckley v. HustonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1972
- State v. John P. Callaghan Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1961
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