State v. Long Branch Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Knapp, J.

Two ordinances passed by the Long Branch commissioners, for the regulation and licensing of beer saloons, are brought under consideration by this writ of certiorari. Suits were instituted against the prosecutors, under them, for their violation. Those proceedings were pending and undetermined when the writ was issued which removed the prosecutions and ordinances into this court.

A large number of reasons are assigned for setting aside these ordinances, and under them the briefs of counsel take a wide range of discussion, through which I deem it…