Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wesley
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 1, 1952No. Appeal, 72PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Bhodes, P. J.,
Defendant was found guilty, in a summary proceeding before a magistrate, of violating an ordinance of the City of Pittsburgh which makes it an offense to keep a disorderly house. The sentence of the magistrate was that defendant pay a fine of $50 and costs, and in default of payment thereof be committed to the Allegheny County Jail for a period of thirty days. The County Court of Allegheny County granted defendant’s petition for leave to appeal from the summary conviction. The case was heard de novo by the county court which adjudged the defendant “guilty of the…
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