Commonwealth v. Connell
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 88, April T., 1916, by defendant, from, judgment of Q. S. Armstrong Co., Dec. T., 1915, No. 6, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v, John Connell. Motion in arrest of judgment.
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Appeal, No. 88, April T., 1916, by defendant, from, judgment of Q. S. Armstrong Co., Dec. T., 1915, No. 6, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v, John Connell. Motion in arrest of judgment. King, P. J., filed the following opinion: By the local or special Act of April 13,1859, P. L. 614, entitled an act “for the better regulation of billiard rooms, bowling saloons and'ten pin alleys in the Counties of Chester and Delaware” it was provided and enacted (Section 1) “that it shall not be lawful for the licensed keeper, proprietor, owner or the superintendent or maker of any billiard…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Portee, J.,
The only question involved in this appeal is, were the local Acts of April 13, 1859, P. L. 614; March 16, 1866, P. L. 203, and April 9, 1867, P. L. 976, which established regulations for billiard rooms, etc., in Armstrong and certain other counties, repealed by the general Act of April 18, 1905, P. L. 212, entitled: “An act for the better *108regulation of public billiard rooms, bowling saloons and ten pin alleys in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania”? The opinion of the learned judge of the court below, which will appear in the report of this case, quotes the material…
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