Commonwealth v. Wadzinski

Opinion by

Van der Voort, J.,

Appeal is taken to this Court from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas denying relief upon appellant’s petition for certiorari to that court from a judgment of a Magistrate.1 Following hearing the Magistrate found appellant guilty of a violation of the Act of June 3, 1937, P.L. 1333, Art. XVI, §1614, as amended (25 P.S. §3234), which provides in pertinent part as follows:

“(a) No candidate for public office ... shall place any advertisement referring to an opposing candidate for the same office which is to be broadcast or published during the forty-eight hours…