State v. Johnston
Supreme Court of New Jersey
This writ of certiorari brings up a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer comity, rendered on ail appeal from a conviction of the plaintiff in certiorari, before a police justice of the city of Trenton upon a complaint that the plaintiff in certiorari had violated section 16, subdivision 1, of an act of the legislature of this state entitled “An act defining motor vehicles and providing for the registration of the same and the licensing of the drivers thereof;…
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This writ of certiorari brings up a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer comity, rendered on ail appeal from a conviction of the plaintiff in certiorari, before a police justice of the city of Trenton upon a complaint that the plaintiff in certiorari had violated section 16, subdivision 1, of an act of the legislature of this state entitled “An act defining motor vehicles and providing for the registration of the same and the licensing of the drivers thereof; fixing rules regulating the use and speed of motor vehicles; fixing the amount of license and registration fees; prescribing…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Reed, J.
The complaint against Mr. Johnston was that he drove an automobile on the public highways of the city of Trenton in this state, without first having registered the automobile according to law, and without his having paid the registration fee thereon and therefor, pursuant to the statute.
The uncontradicted facts are that Mr. Johnston, on the day charged in the complaint, was a citizen of the State of New York, and the owner of air automobile duly registered in that state, which automobile he had on this day operated from New York city as far as…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- State v. CorsonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1901
- State v. Mayor of Asbury ParkSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1896
- City of Cape May v. Cape May Transportation Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1899
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