Commonwealth v. Cohen

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

Appellant was convicted before a magistrate of the City of Philadelphia, under Section 3 of the Act of May 11, 1911, P. L. 275, as amended by the Act of July 11, 1923, P. L. 992, of having, upon three occa sions, given “false or insufficient weight” in retail sales of anthracite coal. An appeal was allowed by the quarter sessions; after a trial, de novo, before Heeligmah, J., appellant was adjudged guilty in each case and sentenced to pay the fine provided for a first offense. From these sentences we have three separate appeals; as the questions involved are…