State v. Castle

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Swayze, J.

The defendants move to quash an indictment found at the Essex Oyer and Terminer and removed to this court by certiorari.

The indictment contains two counts. The first charges that the three defendants were members of the board of police commissioners of the city of Newark; to that board was entrusted the government, control and management of the police depart^ ment and police force of the city and the direction and control of all police matters therein; that the defendants were charged with the duty of using and exercising all proper,…