Wilkes-Barre v. Stewart
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal No. 18, Jan. T., 1901, by Elizabeth Stewart, from order of C. P. Luzerne Co., June T., 1895, No. 233, making absolute a rule to strike off an appeal in a summary conviction in the case of City of Wilkes-Barre v. Elizabeth Stewart. Appeal from summary conviction.
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Appeal No. 18, Jan. T., 1901, by Elizabeth Stewart, from order of C. P. Luzerne Co., June T., 1895, No. 233, making absolute a rule to strike off an appeal in a summary conviction in the case of City of Wilkes-Barre v. Elizabeth Stewart. Appeal from summary conviction. From the record it appeared that the appeal, which was from a summary conviction of the mayor of Wilkes-Barre, had not been specially allowed as provided by the act of April 17, 1876. The only question involved was whether the act of April 17,1876, repealed section 14 of the special act of May 4, 1871, relating to summary…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
Judgment was entered against the defendant by the mayor of the city of Wilkes-Barre, after a hearing, for the penalty imposed by section 7 of the city ordinances, entitled “ Good order and decency,” for the sum of $1,000 and costs. Defendant appealed from the judgment entered against her under the provisions of section 14 of the act (to incorporate the city of Wilkes-Barre), of May 4,1871, P. L. 539. Upon a rule to show cause why the appeal should not be stricken off, the court be*349low, upon argument, made the rule absolute, holding that the act of April 17, 1876, passed to…
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