Commonwealth v. Arow

Citations

• 32 Pa. Super. 1
• 1906 Pa. Super. LEXIS 276

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Title of statute — Food law — Act of June 26, 1895;, P. L. 317. ' '</p> <p>The Act of June 26, 1895, P. L. 317, entitled “An Act to provide against the adulteration, of food, and providing for .the enforcement thereof,” is not defective in title in that its title does not embrace the subject of the sale of adulterated food.</p> <p>Under the act of June 26, 1895, it is not necessary for the commonwealth to plead that the article sold was not within the proviso of the third section of the act.</p> <p>On an indictment under the act of June 26, 1895, the question of the validity of the title to office of the “Dairy and Food Commissioner,” is immaterial.</p> <p>An objection to such a prosecution that it was instituted by an agent of the' Department of Agriculture is without merit.</p>