Commonwealth v. Sweeney
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 120, April -T., 1915, by plaintiff, from order of Q. S. Fayette Co., Sept. Sessions, 1914, No. 115, quashing indictment in case of Commonwealth v. J. H. Sweeney. Indictment for violation of the Act of May 8, 1909, Sec. 3, Clause 1, P. L. 470. Before Umbel, P. J. The case turned upon the constitutionality of the Act of May 8,1909, Clause 1, Section 3. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was order quashing the indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The Act of May 8, 1909, P. L. 470, is entitled, “An act to prevent the manufacture and sale of adulterated or misbranded drugs; defining the word ‘drug’; prescribing penalties for violation of this act, and the method of its enforcement.” The statute therefore be*370longs to that class of legislation which has for its aim and object the prevention of such injuries to the public health as are likely to result from the general use of impure or adulterated food, drinks, drugs, and other like articles. Such statutes are highly beneficial and remedial and must be so construed, if…
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