Commonwealth v. Shaleen
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 9, Jan. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1904, No. 1282, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. John Shaleen.
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Appeal, No. 9, Jan. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1904, No. 1282, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. John Shaleen. Indictment for violating the Miners’ Certificate Act of July 15, 1897, P. L. 287. The jury found the following special verdict: On September 10,1904, and at various times before and after that date, the defendant, John Shaleen, was employed and accepted a position and occupation, and exercised the duties of and engaged himself as a miner in an anthracite coal mine in the county of Lackawanna without having previously obtained…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson,
The defendant was indicted and convicted for having engaged in the occupation of a miner in an anthracite coal mine in the county of Lackawanna without having previously obtained a certificate of competency from the miners’ examining board of the district and without having been duly registered as provided by the act of July 15, 1897. The validity of the statute under which the defendant was convicted is challenged upon the ground:
1. That it is in contravention of the first clause of section 2, article IV, of the constitution of the United States ;
2. That it is in…
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