N.J. Rev. Stat. (1937), sec. 2:136 [repealed]
1. A gangster is hereby declared to be an enemy of
the State.
2. Any person in whose possession is found a machine
gun or a submachine gun is declared to be gangster: provided, however,
that nothing in this section contained shall be construed to apply
to any member of the military of naval forces of this State, or to any
police officer of the State or of any country or municipality thereof,
while engaged in his official duties.
3. Any person, having no lawful occupation, who
is apprehended while carrying a deadly weapon, without a permit so to do,
and who has been convicted at least three times of being a disorderly person,
or who has been convicted of any crime, in this or in any other State,
is declared to be a gangster.
4. Any person, not engaged in any lawful occupation,
known to be a member of any gang consisting of two or more persons, who
has been convicted at least three times of being a disorderly person, or
who has been convicted of any crime, in this or in any other State, is
declared to be a gangster; provided, however, that nothing in this
section contained shall in any wise be construed to include any participant
or sympathizer in any labor dispute.
5. Any person convicted of being a gangster under
the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00),
or by imprisonment not exceeding twenty years, or both.