Commonwealth v. Foster
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 6, Jan. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Wayne County, April T., 1906, No. ^31, sustaining summary conviction-in case of Commonwealth ex rel. David Hopkins v. H. J. Foster. Appeal from summary conviction.
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Appeal, No. 6, Jan. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Wayne County, April T., 1906, No. ^31, sustaining summary conviction-in case of Commonwealth ex rel. David Hopkins v. H. J. Foster. Appeal from summary conviction. Purdy, P. J., filed the following opinion: These cases are appeals by H. J, Foster, who is named in the transcripts as plaintiff, but who is in reality the defendant in the above stated cases. ■ The justice’s transcripts state: “Warrant in trespass on posted private property. Plaintiff brings suit against defendant for trespass on Act of Assembly, an act making it…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
■ This case came into the court below by appeal by the defendant from a summary conviction by a justice of the peace for a violation of the provisions of the Act of April 14,. 1905, P,' L. 169, entitled, “An act making it unlawful to trespass upon land posted as private property, and providing a penalty therefor,” As an appeal from the judgment of the quarter sessions in such a case- does not bring up the evidence, the case is not before us for review upon any question of fact. We must presume, therefore, that all of the essentials to a conviction, as set forth in the…
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