Commonwealth v. Anspach

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

A complaint was filed before a justice of the peace under the Act of March 29,1869, P. L. 22 (18 PS 3104), charging that the appellant “did......wantonly and cruelly ill treat, and otherwise abuse a certain chicken, by having said chicken confined in a five gallon glass bottle.” He was convicted and fined $10 and costs. Upon an appeal to the court of quarter sessions, the case was heard de novo, the defendant was adjudged guilty, and the same sentence was imposed. This appeal followed.

Our duty is to determine if there was evidence to support the finding and if the law…