Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Cohen

Philadelphia County Court of Quarter Sessions

Decided December 2, 1937No. nos. 748, 749, and 750Published

1Opinion of the Court

Kun, J.,

— Defendant was indicted under three separate indictments, charging perjury. Defendant has filed motions to quash the indictments on the following grounds:(a) That indictments 748 and 749 cannot be sustained because the Act of May 3,1933, P. L. 252, known as the Beverage License Law was (as alleged) repealed by the Beverage License Law of July 18, 1935, P. L. 1217, and that final judgment not having been entered on the crime alleged to have been committed under the Act of 1933, before the alleged repeal of the act, indictments under it cannot'be prosecuted.(b) That the title of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MentzerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  2. Fulmer v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881
  3. Commonwealth v. BelevskySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  4. Commonwealth v. CookSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1929

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