State v. Martin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Swayze, J.

The plaintiff in error was indicted jointly with C. IT. Woodward and F. J. Devendorf for keeping a disorderly house. The particular offence charged was the making of loans of money at usurious rates of interest, and at rates in excess of the amounts provided by law. The first count of the indictment, which alone is now material, follows the form that we sustained in State v. Diamant, 44 Vroom 131. This case is said to be differentiated by the fact that it was here proved that the loans were made at lawful interest, with written contracts in…