Commonwealth v. Miller
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 377, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from order of Municipal Court of Philadelphia, July T., 1915, No. 57, imposing sentence in case of Commonwealth v. Olga Miller. Summary conviction on warrant charging defendant with conducting herself as an idle and disorderly streetwalker. Before Gilpin, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was in imposing upon the defendant a sentence of nine months in the house of correction.
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Appeal, No. 377, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from order of Municipal Court of Philadelphia, July T., 1915, No. 57, imposing sentence in case of Commonwealth v. Olga Miller. Summary conviction on warrant charging defendant with conducting herself as an idle and disorderly streetwalker. Before Gilpin, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was in imposing upon the defendant a sentence of nine months in the house of correction. The record fails to show that at this hearing-before Judge Brown, the defendant was afforded a hearing, and there is no finding…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Williams, J.,
The record shows that the defendant was arrested July 27,1915, on a warrant charging her with conducting herself as an idle and disorderly street walker. A hearing was had before Gilpin, J., of the Municipal Court, when the Commonwealth’s witnesses and the defendant were heard. After hearing she was adjudged guilty as charged and was discharged on probation with a proviso that she return to her home in Wisconsin. On August 13,1915, upon affidavit filed, a bench warrant issued and she was brought before Brown, P. J., of the Municipal Court, August 16, 1915. After hearing…
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