Commonwealth v. Neill
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 194, Oct. T., 1900, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., June T., 1900, No. 390, sentencing defendant to jail in case of Commonwealth v. John L. Neill. Indictment for illegal sale of oleomargarine. Before McCarthy, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was in sentencing the defendant to jail.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The jury impaneled in this case was sworn to try two issues between the commonwealth and John L. Neill, the offense alleged in each being, violating the provisions of the Act of May 5, 1899, P. L. 241, known as the oleomargarine law. The verdict in each case was guilty, and the court sentenced the-defendant in No. 254, June sessions (in which the date alleged is April 16, 1900) to pay a fine of $100.
In No. 390, June sessions (the date alleged being April 12, 1900) the defendant was sentenced to “ imprisonment for ninety days in the Philadelphia County Prison.” No appeal…
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