Commonwealth v. Smith

Habgest, P. J.,

The defendant is indicted for impersonating the holder of a learner’s permit, in violation of section 10 of the Act of April 27, 1925, P. L. 254. The title to this act amends “sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 20, 24, 25, 26 and 28 of the act” approved June 30, 1919, P. L. 678, as amended. The title does not give notice that section 10 of the Act of 1919 is to be amended, but section 7 of the-Act of 1925 amends section 10 by providing for the first time that “any person . . . who shall impersonate the holder of a learner’s permit shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”

The Act of 1919 is…