Landis v. Borough of Vineland

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

The prosecutrix was convicted, before the mayor of the borough of Vineland, of violating the second section of a borough ordinance, which ordained “that if any person shall, at any * * * public hall * * * disturb any assembly convened for religious worship or for any other purpose, by unnecessarily making a noise, * * * every person so offending shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay a fine of not less than three nor more than ten dollars for each offence.”

The legality of this conviction is the matter now to be passed upon in this court.

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