Commonwealth v. Barnes

ROWLEY, President Judge:

These consolidated appeals of Alice Barnes and David Barnes, husband and -wife, are taken from the judgments of sentence imposed following their conviction on seven counts of cruelty to animals, 18 Pa.C.S. § 5511(c). Appellants, who ask that the judgments of sentence be vacated and that they be discharged, raise the following issues:

1) Did the trial court err in failing to find that the grant of police power to private corporations such as the Erie Humane Society was an improper delegation of governmental authority and that the search warrants and citations obtained…