Commonwealth v. Bey

Rhodes, J.,

Opinion by

'The magistrate’s record was brought before a court of common pleas of Philadelphia county by a writ of certiorari. This appeal by defendant is from the judgment of that court, which sustained the summary conviction by the magistrate.

The question here presented is whether the magistrate’s transcript of the record is sufficient. Defendant’s argument is to the effect that the record fails to set forth any of the evidence, or the substance of the evidence, and that this is fatal to the validity of the proceedings.

The complaint, as disclosed by the transcript of the record,…