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Com. of Penna. v. Benson

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 23, 1928No. Appeal 1555PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

Complaint was made by Edgar R. Ray before an alderman of the City of Pittsburgh charging the defendants with performing worldly business, not a work' of necessity or charity, and practicing an unlawful diversion, on Sunday, April 24, 1927, in violation of the Act of April 22, 1794, 3 Sm. L. 177 and its supplement of April 26, 1855, P. L. 321. At the hearing before the alderman held pursuant thereto they were found guilty and fined in accordance with the Act of 1855, supra.

An appeal was taken, by 'special allowance, to the County Court of Allegheny County and after a full…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Amer. Baseball Club of Phila.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  2. Commonwealth v. BordenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1869
  3. Commonwealth v. WallaceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
  4. Commonwealth v. GipnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
  5. Commonwealth v. BurkhartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1854

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BurallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  2. Commonwealth v. KerrSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  3. Commonwealth v. HainesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Commonwealth v. BergenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  5. Commonwealth v. WadzinskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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