Case Name: ELIZABETH SMITH, PROSECUTOR, v. MRS CARL NAGEL AND CHARLES F. ADAM, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PASSAIC, RESPONDENTS
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1924-05-31
Citations: 2 N.J. Misc. 474
Docket Number: 
Parties: ELIZABETH SMITH, PROSECUTOR, v. MRS CARL NAGEL AND CHARLES F. ADAM, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PASSAIC, RESPONDENTS.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 474–474

Head Matter:
ELIZABETH SMITH, PROSECUTOR, v. MRS CARL NAGEL AND CHARLES F. ADAM, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PASSAIC, RESPONDENTS.
Submitted March 21, 1924
Decided May 31, 1924.
Justice of Peace — Conviction—Several Offenses Charged, None of Which Show Statute or Ordinance Violated.
On certiorari, Sc.
Before Justices Teen chard, Parker, and Campbell.
For the prosecutor, J. Chester Massinger.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This writ brings up a conviction of the prosecutor by a justice of the peace "of the offense as charged in the complaint."
Turning to the complaint we see that several distinct matters are therein charged. As to most of them, it is.clear that they constitute no violation of any statute or ordinance, and, as to those which conceivably do-, there is nothing to show what statute or ordinance has been violated.
It is therefore certain that the conviction cannot stand. It will be set aside, but without costs.