Mountain v. Commonwealth
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 27, March T., 1907, by plaintiff, from order of O. P. Fayette Co., March T., 1914, No. 185, quashing writ of certiorari in case of Iv'a Mountain v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Certiorari to justice of the peace. Before Van Swearingen, P..J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was the order of the court quashing the writ of certiorari.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
A prosecution was instituted before a justice of the peace of Fayette County against the appellant for a violation of the Act of June 11, 1879, P. L. 142, entitled “An Act to protect children from neglect and cruelty and relating to their employment, protection and adoption.” The defendant was a school teacher in the county, and the specific charge was, that as such school teacher she inflicted “unnecessary cruel punishment” on Perrin Barger, a son of the prosecutor, aged sixteen years. The offenses against which the statute are directed are declared to be misdemeanors…
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