Commonwealth v. Tryman
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 266, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, front order of O. P. Blair Co., June T., 1914, No. 338, overruling exceptions to record of justice of the peace in case of Commonwealth v. Nelson Try-man. Certiorari to summary conviction before a justice of the peace.
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Appeal, No. 266, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, front order of O. P. Blair Co., June T., 1914, No. 338, overruling exceptions to record of justice of the peace in case of Commonwealth v. Nelson Try-man. Certiorari to summary conviction before a justice of the peace. The complaint upon which the proceedings were based was as follows: Before me, J. L. Haffley, one of the aldermen in and for said city, in the State of Pennsylvania, personally appeared George Buchanan, of Altoona, Pa., who being duly sworn according to law, saith that on the 31st day of July, A. D. 1914, Nelson Tryman, did at…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Tkexler, J.,
The defendant was charged before an alderman of the City of Altoona with drunkenness, profanity and disorderly conduct, and after hearing was convicted of the three several offenses, and sentenced in each. Upon certiorari to the Common Pleas, the conviction as to disorderly conduct was set aside, but as to the other offenses, the exceptions were dismissed. No judgment was entered affirming the judgment of the justice. In Com. v. Nichols, 38 Pa. Superior Ct. 504, this court stated, “We are not willing to commit ourselves to the proposition that an order upon certiorari to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BordenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1869
- Commonwealth v. NicholsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
- Commonwealth v. DukehartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Commonwealth v. DudleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
3Cited by6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DeBaldoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Commonwealth v. Blubaugh, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Franklin County1948
- Commonwealth v. MeckesMonroe County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1940
- Commonwealth v. ShetromCentre County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1961
- Commonwealth v. WheelerAdams County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1940
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