Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Heenerfauth
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 12, 1918No. Appeal, No. 178PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal, No. 178, Oct. T., 1918, by defendant, from order of Municipal Court, Philadelphia Co., Aug. T., 1917, No. 320, committing defendant for contempt of court in case of Commonwealth v. Emma Heenerfauth. Indictment for being a common scold. Before Bonniwell, J. Error assigned was the order of the court quoted in full in the opinion of the Superior Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, P. J.,
Prom the record it appears that this defendant was indicted for being a common scold, and after a number of continuances the court made the following order:
“And now, to wit, June 10,1918, the within case being called for hearing, the court directs the commitment of the defendant, Emma Heenerfauth, upon the charge of contempt to the court, for the reason that when the said cause was called before this court on October 24, 1917, the said defendant, being indicted as a common scold, agreed at the bar of the court to remove from the premises wherein she then resided within…
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