STATE v. SPRUILL


28 N.J. Super. 381 (1953)

100 A.2d 766

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. LOUIS SPRUILL, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 16, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George R. Sommer argued the cause for appellant.

Mr. David H. Harris, Special Deputy Attorney-General, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Theodore D. Parsons, Attorney-General, attorney; Mr. Albert M. Ash, Deputy Attorney-General, of counsel).

Before Judges CLAPP, GOLDMANN and EWART.


The opinion of the court was delivered by GOLDMANN, J.A.D.

Defendant Spruill, a patrolman attached to the Rutherford Police Department, was indicted for nonfeasance in office in that he unlawfully and willfully neglected and omitted to perform the duties enjoined upon him by law, specifically, failing to suppress a disorderly house at No. 256 Union Avenue, Rutherford, wherein bookmaking was carried on contrary to law. The jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced...

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