Commonwealth v. Shaw

Rowley, P. J.,

This matter is before the court upon an appeal from a summary conviction.

The proceeding originated with a complaint filed by an agent of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission before a justice of the peace charging that defendant on October 29, 1949, did “unlawfully transport passengers in a motor vehicle as a motor carrier without a certificate of public convenience or a contract carrier permit authorizing the service performed from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.”

After hearing, the magistrate convicted defendant and imposed a fine of $50. Thereafter, defendant…