Case Name: THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT IN ERROR, v. JOSEPH E. METZGER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1912-01-18
Citations: 82 N.J.L. 749
Docket Number: 
Parties: THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT IN ERROR, v. JOSEPH E. METZGER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 82
Pages: 749–749

Head Matter:
THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT IN ERROR, v. JOSEPH E. METZGER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR.
Submitted November 27, 1911
Decided January 18, 1912.
On error to the Supreme Court.
For the plaintiff in error, John L. Semple, Garrow & Kraft.
For the defendant in error, Henry S. Scovel.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The judgment of the Supreme Court is affirmed, for the reasons stated in the per curiam filed in that court, which was as follows:
"We find no error in the rulings of the trial court upon the admission of testimony, nor in the charge to the jury. The action of the trial court upon the application of the defendant to direct his acquittal, made at the close of the state's case, is not re viewable on writ of error when the case comes up on strict bill of exceptions. Such a motion, when made at the close of the state's case, is addressed to the discretion of the trial court. State v. Jaggers, 42 Vroom 283.
"The conviction will be affirmed."
Other grounds for reversal, not referred to in the foregoing memorandum of the Supreme Court, argued before us, were not taken in the trial court, hence, upon familiar principles, cannot be made the basis of a reversal upon a strict writ of error. 1 N. J. Dig. 327 et seq.
For affirmance—The Chancellor, Garrison, Swayze, Tbenchard, Parker, Kalisoh, Bogert, Vrbdbnburgh, Vroom, Coñgdon, White, Treacy, JJ. 12.
For reversal—None.