Commonwealth v. Fisher
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 44, Jan. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of Superior Court, Oct. T., 1904, No. 69, affirming judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., delinquent certificate, No. 645, committing defendant to house of refuge in case of Commonwealth v. Frank Fisher. Appeal from Superior Court. JSrror assigned was the judgment of the Superior Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
In a proceeding conducted in the court of quarter sessions of the county of Philadelphia under the provisions of the Act of April 23, 1903, P. L. 274, Frank Fisher, the appellant, was committed by that court to the House of Refuge. From the order so committing him an appeal was taken to the Superior Court, which affirmed it: Commonwealth v. Fisher, 27 Pa. Superior Ct. 175. The constitutionality of the act of 1903 was the*sole question before the court in that case, and is renewed here. The objections of the appellant to the constitutionality of the act, as…
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