Commonwealth v. Weimer
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 236, Oct. T., 1907, by defendant, ■ from order of Q. S. Lebanon Co., Dec. T., 1907, No. 30, refusing allowance of appeal from summary conviction in case of Commonwealth v. Edgar A. Weimer. Petition for allowance of appeal from summary conviction for violating the fish laws. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
We are asked in this case to reverse the action of the court below in refusing the defendant’s petition for the allowance of an appeal from a summary conviction before a magistrate, without having before us the transcript of the magistrate’s record. All that we have are the defendant’s petition, and the order of the court refusing the appeal. The constitutional provision upon the subject, which was carried into effect by the Act of April 17,1876, P. L..29 is as follows: "In all cases of summary conviction in this commonwealth, or of judgment in suit for a penalty before…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Commonwealth ex rel. Allegheny County v. HendleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
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