Commonwealth v. Weik

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

This is an appeal by the defendant from the sentence of the court below for violation of §903 of The Vehicle Code, 75 PS §453, making it unlawful to operate a commercial vehicle on any highway with a gross weight in excess of that provided for the various classes of vehicles therein described. The defendant had appealed to the court below from the summary proceeding before a justice of the peace.

Prom the testimony it appears that the defendant was traveling north on U. S. Route 222 in Providence Township, Lancaster County, operating a Ford truck loaded with crushed stone.…