Commonwealth v. Haugh

Dissenting Opinion by

Hoffman, J.:

Appellant was convicted for violation of the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, as amended, 18 P.S. §4211, which provides: “Whoever, in any manner, for exhibition or display, places or causes to be placed any word, . . . upon any flag, ... of the United States . . .; or exposes or causes to be exposed to public view any such flag, ... or publicly or privately mutilates, defaces, defiles or tramples upon, or casts contempt either by words or act upon, any such flag, standard, color or ensign, is guilty of a misdemeanor. . . .

This section does not . . . apply to…