Case Name: ABRAM O. JOHNSON, PROSECUTOR, v. JOHN J. REILLY
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1904-02-23
Citations: 70 N.J.L. 620
Docket Number: 
Parties: ABRAM O. JOHNSON, PROSECUTOR, v. JOHN J. REILLY.
Judges: Before Justices Fort and Pitney.
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 70
Pages: 620–620

Head Matter:
ABRAM O. JOHNSON, PROSECUTOR, v. JOHN J. REILLY.
Argued November 5, 1903
Decided February 23, 1904.
A justice of the peace loses jurisdiction of a cause when absent on the day to which it was adjourned.
On certiorari.
Before Justices Fort and Pitney.
For the prosecutor, JoTvrCW. Slocum.
John J. Reilly, pro se.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The judgment brought up by the writ in this case must be set aside. A justice of the peace loses jurisdiction of a cause when absent on the day to which a previous hearing has been adjourned, and he cannot afterwards adjourn the cause and proceed with the trial.
This case is controlled by the case of McKenna v. Murphy, 39 Vroom 522.
The judgment is reversed, with costs.