Commonwealth v. Yarnell

GATES, P. J.,

— This matter is before us on the petition of defendant for the allowance of a writ of certiorari. Pursuant to our writ, the district *542justice returned a copy of the traffic citation employed to commence this proceeding, as well as a transcript and all other pertinent documents.

From the record we learned that on November 15, 1971, a citation was issued by Lebanon City police officers charging defendant with speeding 37.5 miles per hour in a 25 mile-per-hour speed zone in the City of Lebanon.

On November 19, 1971, a hearing was held at the office of the district justice at which…