Commonwealth v. Levandosky

Cummins, J.,

Defendant was indicted for malicious mischief, it being charged that he maliciously killed a dog. The case is before the court in banc upon motion to quash, defendant contending that under the Dog Law of May 11, 1921, P. L. 522, 528, defendant could not be indicted but only proceeded against summarily.

Section twenty-three of the Act of May 11, 1921, provides that it shall generally be unlawful to kill a licensed dog, and section thirty-six of this act, as amended by the Act of May 14, 1929, P. L. 1713, 1717, provides that, for a violation of the act, the offender, “upon conviction…