Commonwealth v. Moller
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 25, March T., 1912, by defendant, from order of Q. S. Mifflin Co., Oct. Sessions, No. 15, affirming summary conviction in case of Commonwealth v. William Moller. Appeal from summary conviction.
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Appeal, No. 25, March T., 1912, by defendant, from order of Q. S. Mifflin Co., Oct. Sessions, No. 15, affirming summary conviction in case of Commonwealth v. William Moller. Appeal from summary conviction. Before Woods, P. J. The information before the justice of the peace was as follows: Before me, the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said county, personally came J. M. Foltz, chief burgess of Lewistown, Pa., who upon oath administered according to law, deposes and says that at Lewistown borough in the county of Mifflin on May 10, 1911, the said William Moller did unlawfully…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
From the record before us the following facts appear: On May 13, 1911, an information, supported by affidavit, was lodged before a justice of the peace charging that the defendant, at Lewistown, Pa., “ had unlawfully operated and run a motor-vehicle recklessly and at a greater rate of speed than one mile in five minutes, contrary to the act of assembly in such cases made and provided.” A warrant issued on May 15, and on the same day the defendant was arrested and brought to the magistrate’s office, “and after a full hearing is convicted of violating the act of assembly…
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