Commonwealth v. Caporiccio

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from the decision of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Montgomery County sustaining a demurrer to the evidence upon appeal from a summary conviction under The Vehicle Code, 1959, April 29, P. L. 58, §101 et seq. as amended, specifically §903, 75 PS §903.

At 9:50 on the evening of April 18, 1966, an officer of the Upper Merion Township Police Dept., in full uniform, observed a tractor-trailer being operated on Goddard Blvd., at its intersection with Pulaski Drive. The officer noted that the tires were low, that the truck…