Commonwealth v. Armour & Co.

Smith, P. J.,

This case arises from an appeal from the judgment of Magistrate Dogole, in a summary proceeding, adjudging defendant Armour & Company guilty (and fining it $10 and costs) of selling a commodity marked with a false weight, under the Act of July 24, 1913, P. L. 965, sec. 5, which is as follows:

“It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, with intent to defraud:

“(1). To sell, or offer for sale, any commodity on the container of which is marked any false statement respecting the kind, number, quantity, weight, or measure of such commodity, or of any part thereof, or…