Commonwealth v. Bevill

Rubin, J.,

This proceeding is before the court on certiorari to a justice of the peace. Defendant was arrested, on view, Sunday, September 18, 1955, by an officer of the Bristol Township police, for operating an overloaded motor vehicle. On the same day he was taken to the office of a justice of the peace where an information charging him with a violation of section 903 of The Vehicle Code of May 1, 1929, P. L. 905, was sworn to by the officer and lodged with the justice of the peace. Immediately thereafter, a hearing was held by the justice of the peace as a result of which defendant was…