State v. Mayor of Jersey City
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On certiorari. The following statement of facts is agreed upon by counsel of the respective parties: Prior to the year 1869, the territory now comprised in Jersey City, was under four separate local governments, and was divided into four parts, known as Jersey City, the city of Hudson, the city of Bergen and the township of Green-ville. By an act of the legislature passed April 2d, 1869, (Pamph.
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On certiorari. The following statement of facts is agreed upon by counsel of the respective parties: Prior to the year 1869, the territory now comprised in Jersey City, was under four separate local governments, and was divided into four parts, known as Jersey City, the city of Hudson, the city of Bergen and the township of Green-ville. By an act of the legislature passed April 2d, 1869, (Pamph. L., p. 1377,) a consolidation of said three cities and the township of Greenville and certain other townships was proposed and submitted to the electors of the territory interested, for approval. The…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Van Syckel, J.
James Roche, the prosecutor, was convicted before a police justice for violating the ninth section of an ordinance of Jersey City, passed July 8th, 1862, which prohibits the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday.
The question presented by this case is, whether the ninth,. tenth and eleventh sections of that ordinance, which forbid the sale of spirituous liquors on the Sabbath, are in force.
If not, then the prosecutor was punishable only by indictment. Rev., p. 493, § 50; p. 238, §§ 61, 62.
By an act approved April 2d, 1869, (Pamph. L., p.…
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