Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Frantjis

Philadelphia County Court of Quarter Sessions

Decided December 16, 1953No. 2; no. 531Published

1Opinion of the Court

Levinthal, J.,

Defendant has filed a motion to quash the bill of indictment charging her with violations of the so-called Solicitation Act of Pennsylvania of June 5,1947, P. L. 474, as amended by the Act of June 28,1951, P. L. 922,10 PS § §141 to 151, relating to and regulating the solicitation of money and property for charitable, benevolent or patriotic purpose. The indictment averred that although de*443fendant, as member and secretary of an unincorporated association named The Philadelphia Committee to Sectire Justice for the Rosenbergs, had failed to register with the Department of Public…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. Lovell v. City of GriffinSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  4. Largent v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  5. Holgate Bros. v. BashoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938

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