Case Name: ATLANTIC CITY v. VICTOR FREISINGER, PROSECUTOR IN CERTIORARI
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1903-02-24
Citations: 69 N.J.L. 132
Docket Number: 
Parties: ATLANTIC CITY v. VICTOR FREISINGER, PROSECUTOR IN CERTIORARI.
Judges: Before Justices Dixon and Hendrickson.
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 69
Pages: 132–133

Head Matter:
ATLANTIC CITY v. VICTOR FREISINGER, PROSECUTOR IN CERTIORARI.
Submitted December 29, 1902
Decided February 24, 1903.
Under the Atlantic City ordinance for licensing auctioneers. &c., passed July 14th, 1902, no license foe becomes duo and payable until June 1st, 1903.
On certiorari.
Before Justices Dixon and Hendrickson.
For the prosecutor in certiorari, George A. Bourgeois.
For the defendant in certiorari, Harry Wootton.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dixon, J.
An ordinance of Atlantic Oityr, passed July 14th, 1902, made it unlawful for any person to conduct a store where goods are sold at auction unless a certain license fee had been paid, and further -provided that the license fee should be due and payable on the 1st day of June in each year.
On August 23 st, 1902, proceedings were instituted against the present prosecutor for conducting such a store without having paid the license fee, and thereupon he was convicted.
By the very terms of the ordinance a license fee does not become due and payable until June 1st, 1903, and therefore this conviction must be set aside, with costs.