State v. Pruser

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Perskie, J.

The basic question requiring decision on the facts of this case, which involves unlawful registration and unlawful voting, is whether the trial judge misapplied, as claimed, the maxim — ignorantia juris neminem excusat — in denying the motion of plaintiff in error for an acquittal at the end of the state’s case.

Plaintiff in error was convicted by a verdict of a jury, in the Morris County Court of Quarter Sessions, on an indictment found under the section of our election laws designated as N. J. S. A. 19:34-30.

The indictment consists of two…