Commonwealth v. DiMeglio

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

Frank and Nick DiMeglio, proprietors of a restaurant and cafeteria in the City of Chester, were convicted in a summary proceeding before a Justice of the Peace on a charge of violating the General Food Law (Act of May 13, 1909, P. L. 520, 31 PS §1, et seq.) by offering for sale lemon pies “adulterated with yellow coal tar color”;. The Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware County allowed an appeal and heard the case de • novo. ■ Subsequent -.to the taking of the testimony, the hearing Judge entered an order and decree (June 9, ,1953) finding defendants guilty and directing…