Commonwealth v. Meads
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 18, March T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Adams Co., April T., 1904, No. 6, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. N. G. Meads. Indictment for counterfeiting union cigar labels. Before Swope, P. J. The court charged in part as follows: [Now gentlemen, we have been lately hearing a great deal about labor unions, about strikes and the difficulty and agitation between labor and capital in different sections of the country.
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Appeal, No. 18, March T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Adams Co., April T., 1904, No. 6, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. N. G. Meads. Indictment for counterfeiting union cigar labels. Before Swope, P. J. The court charged in part as follows: [Now gentlemen, we have been lately hearing a great deal about labor unions, about strikes and the difficulty and agitation between labor and capital in different sections of the country. Let me say to you, gentlemen, that in the stirring times in which we are now living, with so much combination of efforts and organization…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Oblady, J.,
The defendant was indicted and convicted of'knowingly and unlawfully using and displaying a counterfeit, or imitation, of the label, trade-mark, symbol or private stamp of the Cigar Makers’ International Union of America, in violation of the provisions of the Act of May 21,-1895, P. L. 95, as amended by Act of May 2, 1901, P. L. 114, and Act of April 3, 1903, P. L. 134. The title to the original act is as follows : “ An act to provide for the adoption of trade-marks, labels, symbols or private stamps by any incorporated or unincorporated association or union of…
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