Commonwealth v. Matecko

Morrow, J.,

Defendant was indicted for operating, on August 28, 1949, a motor vehicle upon the highways of this Commonwealth “after his operating privilege had been suspended or revoked *564and. before such operating privilege had been reinstated”. The charge is based on the Act of June 29, 1937, P. L. 2329, 75 PS §231, providing in part:

“It shall be unlawful for any person ... (h) To operate any motor vehicle upon the highways of this Commonwealth, after the operating privilege is suspended or revoked, and before such operating privilege has been reinstated.”

This provision of the law is an…