Commonwealth v. Silverman

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

This is an appeal from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, dated October 20, 1970, which sustained the appeal of Kenneth M. Silverman from a suspension of three months imposed by the Secretary of Revenue (now the Secretary of Transportation).

By a host of authorities, the Courts of Common Pleas, in appeals arising from the suspension of operator’s licenses, are directed to hear such cases de novo. See The Vehicle Code, Act of April 29, 1959, P. L. 58, as amended, 75 P.S. §620, and Annot., 97 A.L.R. 2d 1367, 1371-1372 (1964).

The Common Pleas judge…