Mowery v. City of Camden

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

This certiorari brings up proceedings before an alderman of the city of Camden, designed to punish the prosecutrix for violation of a city ordinance, passed June 12th, 1884, in regard to the sale of liquor.

The ordinance (section 18) authorizes any person to be proceeded against before an alderman, upon proof being made by affidavit of the violation of any of its provisions; whereupon the alderman is by his warrant to require the person accused to be brought before him, and is to hear and determine, in a summary way, the guilt or innocence of…