Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Conn
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 20, 1957No. Appeal, No. 182PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Hirt, J.,
On July 8, 1955 Allen C. Gregg an agent of the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society lodged an information with Alderman Leonard A. Civill in Pittsburgh, charging the defendant with cruelty to animals. The specific charge was that she on that date “did cruelly torture a certain Doberman Pinscher by not giving said dog proper food, water and shelter and also by cruel manhandling said dog . . .” The defendant was arrested and was brought before the magistrate (Act of June 3, 1911, P. L. 654, 18 PS §3120) *146and after hearing on July 11, 1955, in a summary proceeding, was convicted…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Commonwealth of Pa. v. HunterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
- First National Bank v. FairSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
- Laska v. ZelazowskiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Commonwealth v. KeulSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
3Cited by13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BrickerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Borough of West Chester v. LalCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Toth v. BergsteinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Commonwealth v. Ansell, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Somerset County1971
- Commonwealth v. B. Abrams & Sons, Inc., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1971
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