Commonwealth v. Ayers
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 34, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., Sept. T., 1899, No. 519, on certiorari in case of Commonwealth v. Benjamin Ayers. Certiorari to a justice of the peace. The record of the justice of the peace contained the following as the only finding of facts: “ Now after hearing their proofs and allegations, defendant, Benjamin Ayers, is convicted of keeping a billiard or pool table for the use of the public, and fined $20.00 and costs.”
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Appeal, No. 34, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., Sept. T., 1899, No. 519, on certiorari in case of Commonwealth v. Benjamin Ayers. Certiorari to a justice of the peace. The record of the justice of the peace contained the following as the only finding of facts: “ Now after hearing their proofs and allegations, defendant, Benjamin Ayers, is convicted of keeping a billiard or pool table for the use of the public, and fined $20.00 and costs.” The following exceptions were filed to the record of the conviction : 1. The information returned by the justice, on which…
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Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
The defendant was, in a summary 'proceeding before a justice of the peace, convicted of a violation of the Act of April 3, 1872, P. L. 751, entitled, “ An act to prohibit the use of billiard tables, bowling-alleys, dice or card tables, in the township of Wyalusing, in the county of Bradford.” The 1st section of' the act provides : “ That from and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful to keep for use'as such any billiard table or tables, bowling-alleys, dice or card table or tables or any other device by which men and boys are allured to vice and…
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