Commonwealth v. Roth

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

Defendants were summarily convicted before an alderman on a charge of being professional pickpockets, in a proceeding under the Act of June 7, 1901, P. L. 492, §1, 18 PS §2831. On appeal to the court of quarter sessions, after a hearing de novo, it adjudged defendants guilty, ordered and directed them to pay the costs, and committed each to the Allegheny County workhouse for ninety days. Defendants have appealed to this court, and the primary question involved is whether the courthouse at Uniontown, Fayette County, where they were arrested at a political meeting, is one…