Atlantic City v. Crandol

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

On a complaint, under oath, that Jacob W. Crandol, the prosecutor in the present writ of certiorari, obstructed South Carolina avenue, one of the public highways of Atlantic City, by leaving Ms wagon standing there when not in use, and impeded and interfered with public travel thereon, he was apprehended, taken before the city recorder, tried, found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $5. There! upon he sued out this writ, and seeks to reverse the conviction, because (1) the ordinance which he is charged with violating does not fix a precise…