Commonwealth v. Moore
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal No. 33, April T., 1896, by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from judgment of Q. S. of Lawrence Co., No. 10, Dec. Sess., 1894, quashing indictment against Chas. F. Moore, defendant. Indictment for willfully damaging the property of a livery stable keeper.
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Appeal No. 33, April T., 1896, by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from judgment of Q. S. of Lawrence Co., No. 10, Dec. Sess., 1894, quashing indictment against Chas. F. Moore, defendant. Indictment for willfully damaging the property of a livery stable keeper. Defendant was convicted but motion in arrest of judgment was sustained: 4 District Reps. 649. Error assigned was (1) arresting judgment and discharging defendant upon the third reason set forth in defendant’s motion for arrest of judgment as quoted in opinion of Superior Court; (2) entering judgment in favor of defendant on said third…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The defendant was convicted under the act of March 22, 1887, P. L. 8, entitled “An act for the protection of livery stable keepers.”
Judgment' in favor of the defendant was entered by the court after argument of a motion in arrest of judgment, for the reason urged in the first assignment of error, as follows : “ The act of assembly approved 22d of March, 1887, P. L. 8, entitled, ‘ An act for the protection of livery stable keepers,’ under which the indictment in this case is drawn, is unconstitutional and void, in that it violates section 3, article III. of the…
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