Commonwealth v. Caulfield

Citations

• 27 Pa. Super. 279
• 1905 Pa. Super. LEXIS 50

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Oleomargarine—Evidence.</p> <p>On the trial of an indictment for the illegal sale of oleomargarine witnesses may be permitted to testify as to the resemblance of the article sold to yellow butter, without the commonwealth being required to explain the nonproduction of the article itself.</p> <p>Where on the trial of an indictment for the illegal sale of oleomargarine, the defendant alleges that all oleomargarine, where there is no ingredient introduced solely for coloring purposes, is naturally yellow in color, the commonwealth may be permitted in rebuttal to introduce in evidence a sample of oleomargarine white in color.</p> <p>Constitutional law — Title of act — More than one subject — Act of May 29, 1901,P. L. 327.</p> <p>The Act of May 29, 1901, P. L. 327, relating to the sale of oleomargarine is not unconstitutional as being insufficient in title.</p>