Commonwealth v. Kane
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 279, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from order of O. P. Blair Co., Oct. T., 1915, No. 104, sustaining judgment of justice of the peace in case of Commonwealth v. Clark Kane. Certiorari on a summary conviction before a justice of the peace. The opinion of the Superior Court states the facts. Error assigned was in sustaining the judgment of the justice of the peace.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
The defendant was charged before a justice of the peace that “he did wilfully and maliciously and with intent to disturb the peace, act in a disorderly manner *260towards the affiant and his family and especially toward his daughter, Elizabeth, by using vulgar, profane and indecent language in the presence and hearing of said parties with intent that they should hear the same.” The substance of the testimony of the witnesses is not set out in the transcript of the justice. There is nothing which shows that the defendant was charged with any statutory crime or had committed…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- County of Lehigh v. SchockSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
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