Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:153-1

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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 governor or person administering the government for the time being may issue a proclamation for apprehending and securing any person, known or unknown, charged, on oath of one or more credible witnesses, with having committed murder, kidnapping, burglary, robbery, arson or other heinous crime within this state, or for apprehending any person charged with aiding, abetting or concealing any such person, and in such proclamation may offer such reward as he may think proper, according to the nature and aggravation of the crime, not exceeding $25,000 for any 1 person. The reward shall be paid, on conviction of the party charged, to such person or persons as the governor or person administering the government for the time being may, in his discretion, deem entitled thereto. Such payment shall be made by the state treasurer, out of any public money in his hands unappropriated, on warrant of the comptroller under certification of the governor or person administering the government for the time being.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

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