Johnson License

LYON, J.,

— Before the court for determination is the appeal of Joseph R. Johnson from the suspension of his operating privileges by the Secretary of Revenue.

On an appeal to the court of common pleas from a license suspension, it is the duty of the court to hear the case de novo and determine anew whether the operator’s license should be suspended: Commonwealth v. Wagner, 364 Pa. 566, 73 A.2d 676 (1950); Commonwealth v. Funk, 323 Pa. 390, 186 Atl. 65 (1936). Thus, the merit of the suspension was early recognized by the Supreme Court as being a matter for the hearing court’s independent…