State v. Regan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fort, J.

The complaint in this case is evidently drawn under section 3 of the “Act concerning disorderly persons.” Pamph. L. 1898, p. 942.

The complaint is against the defendants jointly, and charges two offences, upon conviction for either of which the defendants could be adjudged disorderly persons.'

The conviction in the record is as follows: “Upon the law and testimony, I convicted Daniel Regan and Cornelius Regan of being guilty of being disorderly persons as charged.”

The defendants were not charged with being disorderly persons, nor could they be.…