State v. Smith

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Weintraub, C. J.

The six defendants were convicted in the Municipal Court of the City of Trenton of violating two sections of the Disorderly Persons Act. On a trial de novo in the Mercer County Court, defendant Callender was again convicted on both counts and fined $100 as to each. The remaining defendants were found guilty of only one of the two charges and each was fined $100. We certified defendants’ appeals before argument in the Appellate Division.

The setting of these offenses was a public meeting of the governing body of the City of Trenton held…