State v. Weiner

Rodney, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

*66Some slight preliminary consideration must be given to several general and, to some extent, antagonistic principles of law, and to harmonize them insofar as it may be possible.

While this proceeding is a criminal proceeding brought by the State because of the alleged failure to receive a Certificate of Registration which governs the details of the making of certain loans, and this, to a certain extent, is to be strictly construed, yet a realistic view of the purpose of the Act shows a clear connection with a desire to control supposedly usurious…