Commonwealth v. Berryman
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 40, April T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Allegheny Co., Oct. Sess., 1917, No. 5, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Charles H. Berry-man. Indictment under the Act of June 12, 1913, P. L. 481. Before Sloan, P. J., of the 18th Judicial District, specially presiding. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict of guilty on which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 40, April T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Allegheny Co., Oct. Sess., 1917, No. 5, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Charles H. Berry-man. Indictment under the Act of June 12, 1913, P. L. 481. Before Sloan, P. J., of the 18th Judicial District, specially presiding. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict of guilty on which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was the charge of the court and refusal of defendant’s motion for new trial and in arrest of judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Keller, J.,
The assignments of error in this appeal raise two questions : (1) Is the provision in Section 9 of the Act of June 12,1913, P. L. 481, entitled “An Act relating to inns and hotels; regulating certain rights and liabilities of hotel-keepers and innkeepers; and providing penalties for fraud against innkeepers and hotelkeepers,” that proof that the person refused or neglected to pay for such food, lodging or other accommodation on demand, or that he surreptitiously removed or attempted to remove his baggage, etc., shall be prima facie proof of the fraudulent intent mentioned…
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