Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cronin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 26, 1939No. Appeal, 200PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Barnes,
On July 25, 1938, the defendant, who resides in Erie County, while operating his automobile upon a state highway near Meadville, in Crawford County, was apprehended by a Pennsylvania Motor Policeman and charged with exceeding the maximum limit of fifty miles an hour prescribed by Section 1002 (b) of The Vehicle Code, as amended by the Act of June 5, 1937, P. L. 1718. Summary proceedings under the penalty provision of the Code were not brought against defendant, but a written report of the alleged violation was forwarded by the motor police to the Secretary of…
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