Commonwealth v. Johns

Braham, P. J.,

This case is before the court upon certiorari to James C. Brice, alderman and ex officio justice of the peace. The exceptions of defendant go in the main to the legality of a sentence imposed upon defendant on Sunday after she had pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and battery.

The transcript of the alderman which has been returned pursuant to our writ can only justly be appraised with the whole of it before us. It is as follows:

“Now August 24th, 1947, the deft, was arrested on information made by the Plaintiff Georgette Boron, R. D. 1, Wampum, Lawr. Co., Penna. Arrest was…