Commonwealth v. Herr
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 277, Jan. T., 1909, by defendants, from judgment of the Superior Court, Oct. T., 1908, No. 188, reversing judgment of Q. S. Lancaster Co., April Sessions, 1908, No. 21, and remitting the record with a procedendo in case of Commonwealth v. Amos R. Herr et al., the Board of School Directors of the School District of Mount Joy Township.
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Appeal, No. 277, Jan. T., 1909, by defendants, from judgment of the Superior Court, Oct. T., 1908, No. 188, reversing judgment of Q. S. Lancaster Co., April Sessions, 1908, No. 21, and remitting the record with a procedendo in case of Commonwealth v. Amos R. Herr et al., the Board of School Directors of the School District of Mount Joy Township. Indictment against school directors for failure to enforce the Act of June 27, 1895, P. L. 395, relating to the garb of school teachers. Before Landis, P. J., in the court of common pleas. Appeal from Superior Court. The facts appear in the opinion of…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The appellants, school directors of Mount Joy township, Lancaster county, were indicted in the court of quarter sessions of that county for a violation of the Act of June 27, 1895, P. L. 395, entitled, “An act to prevent the wearing in the public schools of this commonwealth, by any of the teachers thereof, of any dress, insignia, marks or emblems indicating the fact that such teacher is an adherent or member of any religious order, sect or denomination, and imposing a fine upon the board of directors of any public school permitting the same.” On demurrer to the indictment, the…
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- Commonwealth v. HerrSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
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