Commonwealth v. Barnes

Opinion by

Ervin, P. J.,

We are asked in this case to reverse the action of the court below in refusing the defendant’s petition for the allowance of an appeal from a summary conviction before a magistrate, without having before us the transcript of the magistrate’s record. All that we have are the defendant’s petition and the order of the *209court refusing the appeal. The court below did not write an opinion.

Art. V, §14 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania provides: “In all cases of summary conviction in this Commonwealth, or of judgment in suit for a penalty before a magistrate, or court not of…