Duquesne City v. Fincke
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 168, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of County Court, Allegheny Co., No. 481, 1920, imposing fine and imprisonment on summary conviction in case of City of Duquesne v. W. M. Finche. Complaint for violating city ordinance relating to street meetings. Before Kennedy, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court imposed a sentence of fine and imprisonment. W. M. Finche appealed. Error assigned was judgment of court, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
Defendant was tried, convicted and sentenced for the breach of an ordinance of the City of Duquesne, which forbids the holding of public meetings on its streets without obtaining a permit therefor; the County Court of Allegheny County sustained the conviction but reduced the sentence, and from its judgment the present appeal was taken.
*115Appellee raises three preliminary questions: (1st) Assuming a certiorari is permissible, should it not have been issued by and made returnable to the Superior Court? The jurisdiction of that court is purely statutory, however, and…
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