Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:42-3

  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The commissioner, his deputies, directors, or other employee so designated by him shall have power to conduct hearings and to administer oaths to, and to examine under oath, any person engaged in, or convicted under an indictment charging the performance of any act in violation of Federal or State statutes or charging conspiracy in connection with the manufacture, distribution, transportation, storage, warehousing, importation, solicitation, or sale of alcoholic beverages, or of any person engaged in purchasing, transferring, selling or agreeing to sell warehouse receipts, receipts, certificates, contracts or other documents given upon the storage of alcoholic beverages and the directors, officers, agents and employees of any such person and all other witnesses, relative to the alcoholic beverage business of such person, in respect to any matter incident to the administration of this subtitle or any other law of this State imposing taxes upon the sale or delivery of alcoholic beverages.

Amended by L.1938, c. 319, p. 799, s. 4; L.1942, c. 171, p. 526, s. 3.

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