State v. Graziani

Decision Date22 February 1960
Docket NumberNo. A--79,A--79
PartiesSTATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff, v. Ernest GRAZIANI et al., Defendants-Appellants.
CourtNew Jersey Supreme Court

On appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, Appellate Division, whose opinions are reported at 60 N.J.Super. 1, ---A.2d ---.

John E. Toolan, Perth Amboy, and Sam Denstman, Newark, for appellants (Toolan, Haney & Romond, Perth Amboy, attorneys).

Sanford M. Jaffe, Newark, for respondent (Brendan T. Byrne, Newark, attorney).

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is affirmed for the reasons expressed in the majority opinion of Judge Freund in the court below.

For affirmance: Chief Justice WEINTRAUB and Justices BURLING, JACOBS, FRANCIS, PROCTOR, HALL and SCHETTINO--7.

For reversal: None.

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