State v. City of Camden
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On certiorari. One Catharine Hutchinson filed a complaint before Jesse Pratt, mayor of Camden, sitting as a magistrate. The complaint stated, that one William H. Anderson was a disorderly person at the residence of the complainant, No. 251 Pine street, and did then and there call her a “ Gr—d d—n bitch,” contrary to section 298 of an ordinance entitled “An ordinance revising the ordinances of the city of Camden,” passed December 30th, 1886, and against the peace of the city,…
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On certiorari. One Catharine Hutchinson filed a complaint before Jesse Pratt, mayor of Camden, sitting as a magistrate. The complaint stated, that one William H. Anderson was a disorderly person at the residence of the complainant, No. 251 Pine street, and did then and there call her a “ Gr—d d—n bitch,” contrary to section 298 of an ordinance entitled “An ordinance revising the ordinances of the city of Camden,” passed December 30th, 1886, and against the peace of the city, the government and dignity of the same. A warrant was issued, and upon the said Anderson being brought before the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Reed, J.
Section 298 of the ordinance alluded to in the above complaint reads thus: “All persons who shall make, aid, countenance or assist in making any improper noise, riot, disturbance or breach of the peace in the streets and highways or elsewhere within the city, and all persons who shall collect in bodies or crowds for idle or unlawful purposes, to the annoyance or disturbance of citizens or travelers, shall severally. forfeit and pay a fine of $5.” This ordinance was passed in pursuance of the authority given council by revised charter of the…
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