State v. Richardson

The defendant was convicted before the Recorder of the Township of Raritan of violating the provisions of R.S. 4:22-26 by cruelly abusing and needlessly torturing and tormenting a chicken, thereby inflicting unnecessary cruelty upon it, and a fine of $25 was imposed. The defendant appealed to the Monmouth County Court, where the conviction was reversed after a trial denovo before the county judge sitting without a jury. Plaintiff appeals from the judgment of the county court.

Plaintiff argues that a review of all the issues of fact by this court will result in a finding in favor of the…