Commonwealth v. Congdon
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 29, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Philadelphia County, Nov. Sessions, 1919, affirming judgment of magistrate, in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Clemont H. Congdon. Appeal from summary conviction. Before Bregy, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court below entered the following decree: The judgment of the magistrate is affirmed and the appeal is dismissed. Error assigned was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The defendant was arrested upon a charge of having engaged in “an unlawful game, and a sport and diversion, upon Sunday, in violation of the Act of Assembly of April 22, 1794, 3 Smith’s Laws, 177,” and after a hearing before a magistrate was convicted and adjudged and decreed to pay the penalty by the statute provided. He thereupon presented his petition to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County praying for the allowance of an appeal from the judgment of the magistrate and the appeal was by the court allowed. The court, after a hearing, entered the following order:…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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