Legal Opinion
State v. Sutton
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided October 21, 1912PublishedCited by 3 opinions
On certiorari bringing up conviction before a magistrate.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Swayze. J.
The prosecutor was convicted of assault and battery upon a detective, a member of the police force of ■Jeisey City, and justified upon the ground that the detective was lawfully ejected hv the prosecutor acting as servant of the Public Service Kailway Company, for refusal to pay fare. This defence was met by the aef of 1912 (Pamph. L., p. 235), requiring street railways to grant free transportation of uniformed public officers while engaged in the performance of their public duties, and of detectives whose duties' require police duty to be…
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- Miller v. HortonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Haver v. Central RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1898
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