Commonwealth v. Lipschutz

Alessandroni, J.,

The defendants were prosecuted before Magistrate Louis Hamberg for a violation of the Act of April 24, 1913, P. L. 114, and in each of the five prosecutions the defendants were adjudged guilty and fined $50. The defendants appealed. Since the question raised and the testimony offered in the cases are the same, they will be considered together.

The Act of April 24, 1913, P. L. 114, provides: “Section 1. . . . unless otherwise stipulated in the contract of hiring, each person, firm, or corporation employing any person, other than at an annual salary, shall pay to such person his…