Commonwealth v. Rink
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, Nos. 62 and 63, Jan. T., 1920, by defendants, from judgment of Superior Ct. March T., 1919, Nos. 34 and 35, affirming judgment of Q. S. Luzerne Co., Sept. T., 1918, Nos. 441 and 456, on verdicts of guilty in cases of Com. v. Clara Rink and Com. v. E. C. Rink. Appeals from judgment of Superior Court. See 71 Pa. Superior Ct. 579, 585. The case turned on the sufficiency of the title of the Act of March 11,1909, P. L. 19, to cover a penal clause contained therein.
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Appeal, Nos. 62 and 63, Jan. T., 1920, by defendants, from judgment of Superior Ct. March T., 1919, Nos. 34 and 35, affirming judgment of Q. S. Luzerne Co., Sept. T., 1918, Nos. 441 and 456, on verdicts of guilty in cases of Com. v. Clara Rink and Com. v. E. C. Rink. Appeals from judgment of Superior Court. See 71 Pa. Superior Ct. 579, 585. The case turned on the sufficiency of the title of the Act of March 11,1909, P. L. 19, to cover a penal clause contained therein. The Superior Court affirmed the judgments of the court of quarter sessions. Defendants appealed. Errors assigned were…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
These two appeals were argued together. The appellants were convicted of violation of section 54 of the Act of March 11, 1909, P. L. 19, which is as follows: “A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who delivers goods out of the possession of such warehouseman, knowing that a negotiable receipt, the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of such goods, is outstanding and uncancelled, without obtaining the possession of such receipt, at or before the time of such delivery, shall, except in the cases provided for in sections…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RinkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
- Commonwealth v. DepuySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Commonwealth v. SilvermanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
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