State v. Spencer

Delmar, C. P. J.

The defendant was tried and convicted in the First Criminal Judicial District Court of the County of Bergen on a complaint alleging that he did, “Cruelly abuse and needlessly kill one alley cat by beating it with a stick.”

The complaint charges that the defendant committed a misdemeanor and alleges facts which if true would constitute a violation of R. S. 4:22-17; N. J. 8. A. 4:22-l7. He waived *488indictment and trial by jury, pled not guilty and was tried and convicted by the judge of the aforesaid court. The defendant has taken the steps required by statute to have the…