Commonwealth v. Briggs

Kun, J.,

Defendant appealed from his conviction by a magistrate for violation of the Act of July 2,1937, P. L. 2821, which makes it unlawful for any person to advertise or hold out by any means that any sale of goods, wares, and merchandise is a “closing out” sale unless a license is first obtained from the city treasurer to conduct such a sale.

Under the terms of the act, an applicant for a license thereunder must disclose under oath the true name of the owner of the goods to be offered for sale, the name of the operator of the sale, a full and complete inventory of the quantity, kind, and…