Commonwealth v. Rossi
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 21, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Huntingdon Co., Dec. T., 1909, No. 7, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Louis Rossi. Indictment for selling liquor without a license. Before Woods, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 21, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Huntingdon Co., Dec. T., 1909, No. 7, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Louis Rossi. Indictment for selling liquor without a license. Before Woods, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict of guilty, upon which the defendant was sentenced to pay a fine of $500. Errors assigned were (1) the whole charge but not quoting it; (2, 3) portions of charge, quoting them; (4) refusal of request by defendant for binding instructions in his favor; (5) ruling on evidence referred to in the opinion of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
This case was here upon a former conviction of the defendant: 42 Pa. Superior Ct. 581. There was no departure in the trial from what was there held. The court kept well within the ruling in Com. v. Hess, 148 Pa. 98, and the cases of like character decided with it, which have since been universally recognized, particularly in our cases of Com. v. Guja, 28 Pa. Superior Ct. 58, and in the later case of Com. v. Guinzburg, 46 Pa. Superior Ct. 488.
The assignments of error are five in number. The first assigns the entire charge of the court for error, but does not quote the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HessSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Commonwealth v. GuinzburgSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
- Commonwealth v. GujaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Commonwealth v. RossiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
3Cited by1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. VociSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958