Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Stewart
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 25, 1939No. Appeal, 57PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Stadtfeld, J.,
On April 2, 1939, the defendant, Charles H. Stewart and seventeen other persons, members of “Jehovah’s Witnesses”, were arrested in the City of Jeannette, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, charged with having violated Ordinance No. 60 of the City of Jeannette, which ordinance regulates the canvassing for or soliciting of orders for goods, paintings, pictures, wares or merchandise of any kind within the City of Jeannette. All of the defendants were given a hearing on April 3, before John M. O’Connell, Mayor of the City of Jeannette, and he found the defendants guilty…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Thompson v. PrestonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Commonwealth v. EichenbergSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
- Pittsburgh v. RuffnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Commonwealth ex rel. Allegheny County v. HendleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Commonwealth v. SpottsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PalmsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Douglas v. City of JeannetteCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
- Ferree v. DouglasSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Commonwealth v. MurdockSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Commonwealth v. Reid Et Ux.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
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