Commonwealth v. Schren

Gleeson, J.,

Martin Schren was tried before a magistrate on a charge of soliciting funds for a charitable purpose without first having registered with the Department of State as required under the provisions of the Solicitation Act of May 15, 1925, P. L. 644, as amended, 10 PS §141 et seq. Defendant was found guilty of violating the act and now appeals from his summary conviction.

Between 1958 and 1960, defendant was operating under contracts with the American Legion Delaney*276Mora Post No. 26 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts, known as the Slook-Montague Post, No. 354 and the Archer-Eppler Post,…