Commonwealth v. Ralston
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 36, Oct. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from order of Q. S. Huntingdon Co., Dec. T., 1904, allowing appeal from summary conviction in case of Commonwealth v. Joel Ralston.
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Appeal, No. 36, Oct. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from order of Q. S. Huntingdon Co., Dec. T., 1904, allowing appeal from summary conviction in case of Commonwealth v. Joel Ralston. Petition for an allowance of an appeal from summary conviction.' The petition was as follows : “ Your petitioner would respectfully represent: That on November 19, 1904, he, Joel Ralston, was convicted for obstructing the Raystown Branch, a navigable stream in Penn township, this county, and also for operating an illegal fish basket in said stream, and that he verily believes that injustice has been done him, in that…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee, Curiam,
This case came into the court below by appeal allowed by the president judge from a summary conviction of the defendant before a justice of the peace for violations of certain provisions of the Act of May 29, 1901, P. L. 302, relative to fishing. After hearing, the court discharged the defendant, from which it is fairly to be inferred that the court deemed the evidence adduced before it insuffieient to sustain the charge. At any rate, no complaint is made of the final judgment; the only matters assigned for error being the allowance of the appeal, and the-order overruling the…
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