Commonwealth ex rel. Riley v. Hudock
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 59, March T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., May T., 1907, No. 8, sustaining judgment of justice of the peace in case of Commonwealth ex rel. W. L. Riley, Agent Anti-Saloon League, and to the use of the Middle Coal Field Poor District, as well as to himself, v. Michael Hudock. Certiorari to judgment- of justice of the peace. Before Fuller, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was the judgment of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
This was an action of debt brought before a justice of the peace to recover the penalty, prescribed by the second section • of the Act of February 26, 1855, P. L. 53, for selling liquors on Sunday. The justice entered judgment for the amount of the penalty against the defendant, who by writ of certiorari removed the record to the court of common pleas, by which court the judgment was affirmed. The defendant appeals. *177The first section of the act of 1855 makes it unlawful for any person to sell liquors on Sunday, the second section imposes a penalty for the offense, to be…
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