Legal Opinion
Litzelman Appeal
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 24, 1966No. Appeals, 682 to 685PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Jacobs, J.,
The principal question raised in these appeals is whether or not the insolvency law of 1901 applies to violators of The Game Law who are imprisoned for failure to pay fines and costs.
On December 21, 1964, Darcy D. Litzelman was found guilty of violating The Game Law of the Commonwealth, Act of June 3, 1937, P. L. 1225, as amended, 34 P.S. §1311.1 et seq., by Lycoming County Justice of the Peace Dean E. Dawes. He was sentenced to pay a fine and costs totalling $309. On January 5, 1965, he was found' guilty of another violation of The Game Law by the same justice of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- H. C. Frick Coke Co. AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Pitts v. MyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Ferree v. DouglasSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. RodriquezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Taylor v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Board of Probation and ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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