Commonwealth ex rel. Riley v. Hudock

Citations

• 37 Pa. Super. 176
• 1908 Pa. Super. LEXIS 259

Syllabus

<p>Liquor law — Selling on Sunday — Penalty—Justice of the peace — Record — Place of selling — Act of February 26, 1855, P. L. 53.</p> <p>A judgment entered by a justice of the peace for the penalty prescribed by the Act of February 26, 1855, P. L. 53, for selling liquor on Sunday, cannot be sustained on certiorari where there is nothing on the record of the justice charging the defendant with having committed the offense within the county which limited the jurisdiction of the justice, and it does not appear that the defendant had waived the irregularity by appearing and going to trial.</p>