Commonwealth v. Hancock

MacDade, J.,

-This is a summary conviction, from which an appeal by special allowance was taken to this court and a hearing de novo had thereon.

It appears that the defendant was convicted of “reckless driving” under section 1001-a of the Act of 1927, being commonly called The Motor Vehicle Act, before a justice of the peace in the Borough of Ridley Park. He was duly sentenced, after hearing, to pay a fine of $25 and costs of prosecution. He was committed to jail when he failed or refused to pay the same, but, after languishing in jail and before the granting of this appeal by special…