Commonwealth v. Dougherty

Opinion by

Baldrige, P. J.,

These two appeals from judgments entered in the court below for violations of the Act of June 7, 1911, P. L. 680, as amended by the Act of July 2, 1935, P. L. 581, 53 PS §4071, known as the Plumbing Code for Cities of the First Class, were argued together and will be disposed of in one opinion. Each of the appellants, who are steamfitters, was charged with doing plumbing work in an industrial plant without a plumber’s license.

The appellants contend that (1) the statutes under which they were convicted are unconstitutional on several grounds and (2) their acts were…