State v. Walter

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Donges, J.

Plaintiffs in error were convicted at Mercer Quarter Sessions of non-feasance in office. Walter was chief of police and Marren was sergeant of police of the city of Trenton. They were jointly indicted for non-feasance in permitting certain disorderly houses and houses where lottery and numbers business was unlawfully carried on to operate. They were also indicted for accepting moneys to permit the operations aforesaid, but the prosecutor elected to stand upon the first count only.

Ninety assignments of error and ninety-three specifications of…