Heetner v. City of Newark

Peb Cubiam.

This writ brings np for review the conviction of prosecutor for the violation of an ordinance of the city of Newark entitled “An ordinance to license newly established merchants and itinerant vendors and to provide penalties for the violation of the provisions thereof.” The ordinance, which purports to put into effect chapter 88 of the laws of 1931, a statute authorizing the control and licensing of itinerant vendors and transient merchants, requires the obtaining of a license not only by itinerants but by “new merchants.” A “new merchant” is defined as “a person who engages in…