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Commonwealth v. Dunleavy

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 14, 1901No. Appeal, No. 47PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal, No. 47, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant, from order of Q. S. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1900, No. 226, imposing sentence in case of Commonwealth v. Anthony Dunleavy. Indictment for selling liquor without a license. The case was tried before Love, P. J., of the 49th judicial district, specially presiding.

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Appeal, No. 47, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant, from order of Q. S. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1900, No. 226, imposing sentence in case of Commonwealth v. Anthony Dunleavy. Indictment for selling liquor without a license. The case was tried before Love, P. J., of the 49th judicial district, specially presiding. The defendant was convicted, and when called for sentence, a petition asking for suspension of sentence was presented to the trial judge, who indorsed the following order upon the petition: ‘(And now, October 12, 1900, in view of the within petition and the commonwealth admitting the facts…

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Beaver,

The defendant was convicted, at the October sessions of the court of quarter sessions of Lackawanna county, upon an indictment for selling liquor without a license. At the same term, the president judge'of the 49th judicial district, specially presiding, before whom he was tried, made the following order: “ And now, October 12, 1900, in view of the within petition and the commonwealth admitting the facts stated by defendant’s counsel as to his character, etc., we suspend sentence, on condition costs to be paid within five days; and, in default, then defendant to be called in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Mayloy & KeatingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
  2. Commonwealth ex rel. Nuber v. Keeper of WorkhouseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  2. Commonwealth v. CauffielSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  3. Commonwealth v. SoudaniSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  4. Commonwealth v. BollingerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Commonwealth v. CarelliSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1927

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