In re Marvin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jacobs, J.

The appellant Walter Marvin, Jr. applied for a firearms purchaser identification card under N. J. S. 2A:151-35. He declined to answer several questions in the application form and thereafter he was advised that his application had been denied. He appealed unsuccessfully to the county court and the Appellate Division. In re Walter Marvin, Jr., 97 N. J. Super. 62 (App. Div. 1967). He then appealed to this court under R. R. 1:2-1(a).

N. J. S. 2A:151-35, as soundly construed by the Appellate Division, provides that every applicant for a pistol…