Commonwealth v. Casey
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 101, April T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Allegheny Co., June Sessions, 1909, No. 217, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. John F. Casey. Indictment for violating the eight hour labor law. Before MacFarlane, J. The case turned upon the constitutionality of the Act of July 26, 1897, P. L. 418. Verdict of guilty, upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 101, April T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Allegheny Co., June Sessions, 1909, No. 217, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. John F. Casey. Indictment for violating the eight hour labor law. Before MacFarlane, J. The case turned upon the constitutionality of the Act of July 26, 1897, P. L. 418. Verdict of guilty, upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in overruling the defendant’s motion to quash the indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
This defendant was convicted of violating an Act of assembly approved July 26, 1897, P. L. 418, entitled, "An Act to regulate the hours of labor of mechanics, workingmen and laborers in the employ of the State, or municipal corporations therein, or otherwise engaged on public works.” A special verdict was returned by. the ■jury, viz.: "The defendant, John F. Casey, on and before December 18, 1908, had a contract with the city of Pitts-burg, a municipal corporation of the second class of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the construction of a filtration plant for said…
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