State v. Campisi

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Oliphant, J.

The defendant-appellant was tried and convicted in the Municipal Court of Newark on Eebruary 15, 1956, on two separate complaints, each charging a violation of the Disorderly Persons Act. Complaint No. 9037 charged that on January 22, 1956 the defendant did have in his possession a hypodermic needle in violation of N. J. S. 2A :170-77.1. Complaint No. 9024 charged that the defendant “did use a narcotic drug, to wil heroin, as defined in Article I of Chap. 18 of Title 24 of the Revised Statutes * * * in violation of N. J. S. 2A :170-8.” The…