Commonwealth v. Vigliotti
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 76, April T., 1921, by defendant, from sentence of Q. S. Fayette County, June Sessions, 1920, No. 80, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Tony Vigliotti. Indictment for selling liquor without a license. Before B.EPPERT, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty on which sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 76, April T., 1921, by defendant, from sentence of Q. S. Fayette County, June Sessions, 1920, No. 80, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Tony Vigliotti. Indictment for selling liquor without a license. Before B.EPPERT, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty on which sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various rulings on evidence and refusal of defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment on the ground that the Act of May 13, 1887, P. L. 113, is superseded and repealed by the 18th…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The appellant was convicted of selling liquor without a license. The indictment was drawn under the Act of May 13, 1887, P. L. 108. That statute is entitled “An Act to regulate and restrain the sale of vinous, spirituous, malt or brewed liquors or any admixtures thereof.” Provision is made therein for the granting, by the several courts of quarter sessions, of licenses to sell liquor on compliance with conditions in the act prescribed and subject to the judgment of the court under the evidence as to the fitness of the person or place and the necessity for such license.…
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3Cited by42 opinions
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