Commonwealth v. Zehner Bros. Farm Products

MYERS, P. J.,

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Defendants were charged with having, on or about July 23, 1971, unlawfully allowed certain injurious materials to run, flow, wash or be emptied into Fishing Creek in Columbia County, Pa., being waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, contrary to the Act of June 22, 1937, P.L. 1987, as amended. After a hearing was held by a local district magistrate, defendants were found guilty and sentenced to pay afine of $1,000 and costs. Defendants appealed their conviction to this court and the appeal was allowed. The case was heard de novo by this court. The statute…