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South Jersey Regional Municipal Court used superseded code numbers to register violations.

The following letter delives into the the inside baseball (i.e. inner workings) of the municipal court system.  It might not be of interest to many people, but the problem that I’m addressing has the potential of allowing municipal courts to continue convicting people of offenses even after the municipal governing body has repealed the ordinance […]

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An ordinance for all seasons. All types of illegal conduct fit into a South Jersey Township’s vague proscription.

The Township of Upper Deerfield (Cumberland County) has Ordinance §259-3 (formerly §67-3) on the books entitled “Offenses against peace, safety and morals.”  §259-3 states, in its entirety: It shall be unlawful for any person to commit an offense against the public peace, safety and morals, as defined herein. Elsewhere, the code defines “public peace, safety […]