Commonwealth v. Oliver
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 18, March T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lackawanna Co., May Sessions, 1921, No. 87, affirming judgment of Justice of the Peace in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Alfred Oliver. Appeal from summary conviction. Before Maxby, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court below entered the following decree: And now, to wit, May 10, 1921, the appeal is dismissed and the judgment is affirmed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 18, March T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lackawanna Co., May Sessions, 1921, No. 87, affirming judgment of Justice of the Peace in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Alfred Oliver. Appeal from summary conviction. Before Maxby, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court below entered the following decree: And now, to wit, May 10, 1921, the appeal is dismissed and the judgment is affirmed. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was the decree of the court.
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Head, J.,
On a’ Sunday the appellant was arrested on view by a police officer of the City of Scranton charged with the violation of an ordinance of that city regulating the speed of motor cars. He was taken before a magistrate and on the same day, Sunday, was given a hearing, was summarily convicted by the magistrate of the ofíense with which he was charged and sentenced to pay a fine of fifteen dollars or undergo an imprisonment for a period of five days. To avoid the imprisonment the fine was paid under protest. Appellant, then filed his petition in the court of quarter sessions of…
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