Richards v. City of Bayonne

*497The opinion of the court was delivered by

Garrison, J.

The prosecutor of this writ was convicted under the following ordinance:

“Sec. 14. No person or persons licensed to keep a restaurant and beer saloon, or either, as aforesaid, within the limits of the city of Bayonne, shall Iceep open restaurant or saloon on the Christian Sabbath, or the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, under the penalty of twenty dollars for each offence.”

This ordinance was passed under the police powers contained in the city charter, and the general authority thereby given to “regulate” saloons. The first…