Commonwealth v. Holliday

COFFROTH, P. J.,

The question in this case is whether the Commonwealth may appeal to the Court of Common Pleas defendant’s accquittal by a justice of the peace of the summary offense of killing a deer in excess of the season limit in violation of section 502 of the Game Law of June 3, 1937, P.L. 1225, art. 5, as amended, 34 P.S. §1311.502, which, for a first offense, imposes a fine and denial of the right to hunt for a prescribed period, and imprisonment for a second or subsequent offense: 34 P.S. §1311.731.

At the hearing, we took under advisement defendant’s motion to quash the appeal,…