State v. Black
Supreme Court of New Jersey
This writ of certiorari brings up a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Hudson county affirming a judgment of the Second District Court of Jersey City.
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This writ of certiorari brings up a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Hudson county affirming a judgment of the Second District Court of Jersey City. The action was brought to recover the sum of $25 as a penalty under section 63 of an act entitled “A further supplement to an act to regulate elections,” approved April 18th, 1876, which supplement was approved May 28th, 1890, and is to be found in Pamphlet Laws of 1890, page 361. Argued at February Term, 1892, before Justices Dixon, Reed and Garrison.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Reed, J.
Section 63 of the new Election act reads as follows : “ No voter shall knowingly vote, or offer to vote, any ballot except an official ballot enclosed and sealed in an official envelope, as by this act required. Any person violating this provision shall incur a penalty of $25' for each and every offence, to be recovered by an action of tort" before any court of competent jurisdiction by any person who bona fide shall first bring suit,” The defendant below voted a ballot printed at his own expense, with no endorsement upon the back, as is…
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