Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Cutchall

Bedford County Court of Quarter Sessions

Decided January 16, 1931No. 22Published

1Opinion of the Court

Bailey, P. J.,

These defendants • were tried and convicted for the violation of section two of the Act of April 26, 1929, P. L. 829. Before the jury was sworn, the defendants moved to quash the indictment upon the ground that it charged no crime under the laws of the Commonwealth, since the act above referred to is unconstitutional. After conviction, they moved in arrest of judgment assigning the same reason, and that is the question now before us. If the statute involved is unconstitutional, then this motion must be sustained; if not, judgment of sentence should be passed.

It is contended that…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Knowles's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  2. Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney General v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  3. Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
  4. Germantown Trust Co. v. PowellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
  5. Graeff v. SchlottmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926

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