Commonwealth v. Newcomet
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 242, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from order of C. P. Berks Co., Oct. T., 1901, No. 88, on habeas corpus proceedings in the case of Commonwealth ex rel. William G-ottschall v. William W. Newcomet, Warden of the Berks County Jail. Petition for writ of habeas corpus.
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Appeal, No. 242, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from order of C. P. Berks Co., Oct. T., 1901, No. 88, on habeas corpus proceedings in the case of Commonwealth ex rel. William G-ottschall v. William W. Newcomet, Warden of the Berks County Jail. Petition for writ of habeas corpus. The case was heard before Enough, J., who filed the following opinion: On October 14, 1901, informations were laid before a magistrate of the city of Reading against seventy motormen and conductors of the United Traction Company, a corporation of this state, conducting the business of operating street cars in the city…
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Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
Upon an information charging that the relator had violated the provision of the 1st section of the Act of April 22,1794, 3 Sm. L. 177, known as the Sunday law, and thereby had forfeited the sum of $4.00, a warrant of arrest was issued by an alderman on October 14, 1901. On October 18, 1901, the alderman committed the relator to the county prison. The commitment, *512after reciting the fact that the relator stood charged before the alderman, “ with having, within the said county, violated Sunday laws of 1794 by performing worldly employment,” concluded as follows: “And you…
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