Commonwealth v. Hallberg

Dissenting Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell:

How the majority opinion reaches its conclusion in the light of the Constitution and of §81 of the Statutory Construction Act of 1937, and without overruling prior decisions of this Court is to me absolutely incomprehensible.

The majority opinion has not one but three insurmountable hurdles to jump — the Constitution, and §81 of the Statutory Construction Act, and the prior deci*561sions of this Court. A careful analysis of the majority opinion will show (1) that its interpretation makes §6 of Article III of the Constitution meaningless; (2) that it is…