Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Police justice

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A magistrate charged exclusively with the duties incident to the common-law office of a conservator or justice of the peace ; the prefix "police" serving merely to distinguish them from justices having also civil jurisdiction.

Wenzler v. People, 58 N. Y. 530.