Campbell v. Brennan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.

The information charges that on or about March 7th, 1927, the director of public safety of Atlantic City undertook to appoint respondent, Brennan, as a regular detective and a member of the police department of that city contrary to law, in that said Brennan was then above the-age of thirty-five years; such appointment being forbidden by chapter 324 of the laws of 1926. Pamph. L., p. 600. To-this respondent pleaded that prior to the act of 1926, to wit,, on May 1st, 1925, he was duly appointed a clerk in the police department of Atlantic City…