Commonwealth v. Muir
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 416, Jan. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of Super. Ct., Nov. T., 1895, No. 67, affirming judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., Oct. T., 1895, No. 216. Indictment for keeping a lodging house without a license. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in affirming judgment of the court of quarteT sessions.
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Appeal, No. 416, Jan. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of Super. Ct., Nov. T., 1895, No. 67, affirming judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., Oct. T., 1895, No. 216. Indictment for keeping a lodging house without a license. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in affirming judgment of the court of quarteT sessions. The act in question is unconstitutional, because it contains subjects not covered by its title: Sewickley Borough v. Sholes, 118 Pa. 850; Road in Phoenixville, 109 Pa. 44; Beclcert v. Allegheney, 4 W. N. C. 530; Allegheny City v. Moorehead, 80 Pa.…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The defendant was indicted in the court of quarter sessions of Philadelphia county for keeping a lodging house, without a license, contrary to the provisions of the act of July 2, 1895, and thereto plead “not guilty” Whereupon it was agreed between the commonwealth and the defendant; “ (1) That Robert Muir, the defendant, at the time of his arrest, kept a lodging house at 231 Crown street in the city of Philadelphia ; (2) that defendant, since the passage of the act of July 2,1895, entitled: ‘ An act to regulate and license public lodging houses in the different cities of this…
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